Reason and Unreason in the Animal Rights Movement. An Essay in Anthropological and Political Understanding
Pouvoirs n°131 - Les animaux - novembre 2009 - p.97-111
Three types of relationship with animals characterize contemporary
Western society. 1. Effective relationships of breeding and using “productive
animals” pertaining to professionals (farmers, stock breeders,
etc.) that have become a minority in French society. 2. Effective relationships
with an affective dimension with pets, pertaining to amateurs,
who are a majority ; 3. Fictional relationships, imagined and seen as an
ideal to be reached by animal rights activists who, though forming a
very small minority, are hyper-active and unduly claim to speak for a
silent majority. They have succeeded in abusing some public institutions,
the media and decision-makers. In reality, there is no objective
reason to give in to the animal rights activists’ pressures which are
based on an intellectual fraud consisting mainly in giving a scientific
veneer to purely ethical choices.
Référence électonique : Jean-Pierre DIGARD, "Reason and Unreason in the Animal Rights Movement. An Essay in Anthropological and Political Understanding", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°131, 131 - Les animaux,
p.97-111
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