| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 203 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part I. Biology and Culture -- Chapter 1. Speciesism in Biology and Culture: How Human Exceptionalism is Pushing Planetary Boundaries -- Chapter 2. Race and Human Genomic Variation -- Chapter 3. Science Without Species: Doing Science With Tree-Thinking -- Part II. Culture and History -- Chapter 4. The Colonization of Islands as Microcosms for Human Impacts on an Interplanetary Scale -- Chapter 5. Species, God, and Dominion -- Chapter 6. Symbols and How We Came to be Human -- Part III. Conservation and Law -- Chapter 7. Law and Nature: Human, Nonhuman, and Ecosystem Rights -- Chapter 8. A Phylogenetic Approach to Conservation: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning for a Changing Globe -- Part IV. Sustainability and the Future -- Chapter 9. Energy and Society: Toward a Sustainable Future. |
| Access |
Open access. GW5XE |
| Summary |
This open access book explores a wide-ranging discussion about the sociopolitical, cultural, and scientific ramifications of speciesism and world views that derive from it. In this light, it integrates subjects across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The 21st-century western world is anthropocentric to an extreme; we adopt unreasonably self-centered and self-serving ideas and lifestyles. Americans consume more energy resources per person than most other nations on Earth and have little concept of how human ecology and population biology interface with global sustainability. We draw upon religion, popular culture, politics, and technology to justify our views and actions, yet remain self-centered because our considerations rarely extend beyond our immediate interests. Stepping upward on the hierarchy from "racism," "speciesism" likewise refers to the view that unique natural kinds (species) exist and are an important structural element of biodiversity. This ideology manifests in the cultural idea that humans are distinct from and intrinsically superior to other forms of life. It further carries a plurality of implications for how we perceive ourselves in relation to nature, how we view Judeo-Christian religions and their tenets, how we respond to scientific data about social problems such as climate change, and how willing we are to change our actions in the face of evidence. . |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 5, 2023). |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
Springer Nature Springer Nature - SpringerLink eBooks - Fully Open Access |
| Subject |
Speciesism.
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Evolution.
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Climate change.
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History.
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Conservation of the environment.
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Ethics & moral philosophy.
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Sustainability.
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Speciesism
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| Indexed Term |
Speciesism |
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anthropocentric practices |
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conservation biology |
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ecological and evolutionary history |
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environmental ethics |
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religion and culture |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Swartz, Brian, editor.
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Mishler, Brent Drennen, 1953- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjt9dX6VJBHmdJqhJwKQmb
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| Other Form: |
Original 303099029X 9783030990299 (OCoLC)1301899195 |
| ISBN |
9783030990312 (electronic bk.) |
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3030990311 (electronic bk.) |
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9783030990299 |
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303099029X |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-030-99031-2 doi |
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