Contents

Contents.

Acknowledgements – p. 6.

i.  Introduction – p. 11.

- 21.  Animal Welfarism -

- 28.  Audience -

ii.  Theoretical Grounding and Methodology – p. 30.

- 30.  Sociology. ‘The Crisis Arrived’, or ‘After the Crisis’? –

- 35.  But…Can it be Critical and Valid? -

- 45.  Social Constructionism -

- 49.  Construction Sites -

- 53.  Claims-Making -

- 54.  Methodology -

- 58.  Language Use -

iii.  ‘Nature’ and Nonhumans and the Sociological Imagination – p. 60.

- 60.  Sociological Speciesism: The Invisibility of Nonhuman Animals -

PART ONE.

iv.  Understanding the Social Construction of Boundaries – p. 73.

v.  ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Categories – p. 75.

- 79.  Processes of Socialisation -

- 81.  Insiders and Outsiders -

- 87.  The Exercise of Exclusion: Moral Closure -

- 89.  Humour -

- 93.  Human Beings and Animals as Utterly Distinct Categories -

vi.  The Species Barrier - Introduction – p. 97.

- 98.  Species as a Social Construction –

- 108. Elstein’s ‘Moral Species Concept’ -

- 111.  Persons and Things -

- 122.  Moral Theory: Finished Product, or Refusal to Jump the Remaining Fence(s)? -

- 128.  Absolute and Relative Dismissers -

vii.              Human Supremacy:

Constructing the ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’ Sides of The Species  Barrier – p. 134.

- 134.  Humans Atop the Scala Naturae -

- 137.  Start with God -

- 142.  Agri-Culture -

- 144.  Philosophy -

- 149.  Humanity’s Renewed Licence to Kill -

viii.  Dehumanisation: ‘Using’ The Species Barrier – p. 154.

- 159.  The Universe of Obligation -

- 161.  Process -

- 165.  Impersonal Killing -

- 168.  The Dehumanising Effect in War -

- 170.  The Meatgrinder -

- 175.  Pornography -

- 183.  In the Sexist Playground -

ix.  The Species Barrier - ‘Maintenance’ – p. 186.

- 190.  Growing Up as Animal-Harming Animal Lovers -

- 207.  Socialised Lessons About Other Animals: Welfarism All the Way -

- 208.  ‘Baa Baa Lambs, Talking Cows and Wise Old Bears’ -

- 210.  Television, Books & Games -

- 218.  Keeping the “moo” or “cluck” or “baa” away from the meat -

- 223.  Getting ‘em While They’re Young -

- 228.  Keeping ‘em When They’re Older.

- 237.  Rituals of Dominionism -

- 239.  Dominionism and Agri-Culture -

- 241.  Bullfighting -

- 243.  Rodeos -

- 245.  Hunting -

- 256.  Talking Turkey -

- 259.  Hunting in Britain -

- 265.  Gibbet Lines -

-265.  So... ‘Hunter-Gatherer’ or ‘Forager’? -

- 269.  Circus, Circus: Mastery Over the Wild World -

- 272.  Petting -

- 275.  Misothery, Pornography and Making a Few Links -

PART TWO.

x.  The Emergence of Animal Rights into ‘the Social’ – p. 285.

xi.  Singer’s Utilitarianism or ‘New Welfarism’, Regan’s and Francione’s Animal Rights Theories, and the Philosophical Inconsistencies in the Contemporary ‘Animal Rights Movement’ – p. 290.

- 292.  The Controversial Claim of ‘New Welfarism’ –

- 299.  ‘Rights’ and ‘Animal Rights’ -

- 309.  Explaining Genuine Animal Rights is Not Animal Welfare -

- 324.  Two Recent Campaigns –

- 324.  Live Exports -

- 328.  Foxhunting -

xii.  The Strength and Resilience of the Orthodox – p. 333.

- 338.  Media Coverage -

- 343.  Pro-Use Countermovements -

- 346.  Foot and Mouth Disease -

- 353.  “Horse Ripping” -

xiii.  Reaction to ‘Animal Rights’ Advocacy – p. 358.

-  367.  More ‘Media Dancing’ -

xiv.  Avoiding Unpleasure and Evading Knowledge – p. 379.

- 385.  Humanity’s ‘Learning Curve of Indifference’, or Knowing While Not Knowing -

- 389.  Overcoming Animal Pity -

- 392.  In a State of Denial -

- 393.  Accounts, Justifications and Excuses -

- 398.  Avoiding ‘Unpleasure’ -

- 401.  Evading Knowledge -

- 404.  Nonhuman Animals -

- 407.  Devices of the Heathen -

xv.  The Development of ‘Animal Studies’ – p. 417.

xvi.  Conclusions - 427.

- 437.  Finally, Future Possibilities and Directions -

Appendices - 439.

Bibliography - 448.