Why we love dogs, eat pigs, and wear cows, an introduction to carnism : the belief system that enables us to eat some animals and not others, Melanie Joy
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Why we love dogs, eat pigs, and wear cows, an introduction to carnism : the belief system that enables us to eat some animals and not others, Melanie Joy
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-199) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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Why we love dogs, eat pigs, and wear cows
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bibliography
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751718431
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Melanie Joy
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an introduction to carnism : the belief system that enables us to eat some animals and not others
Summary
Social psychologist Melanie Joy explores the many ways we numb ourselves and disconnect from our natural empathy for farmed animals. She coins the term "carnism" to describe the belief system that has conditioned us to eat certain animals and not others
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To love or to eat? -- Carnism: It's just the way things are -- The way things really are -- Collateral damage: the other casualties of carnism -- The mythology of meat : Justifying carnism -- Through the carnistic looking glass : Internalized carnism -- Bearing witness : From carnism to compassion
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