When Animals Speak: Toward an Interspecies Democracy

Eva Meijer

When Animals Speak: Toward an Interspecies Democracy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
New York University Press
Country
United States
Published
20 November 2019
Pages
304
ISBN
9781479859351

When Animals Speak: Toward an Interspecies Democracy

Eva Meijer

Winner, 2020 ASCA Book Award, given by the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis

A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals

In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language and politics, arguing that non-human animals speak-and, most importantly, act-politically. From geese and squid to worms and dogs, she highlights the importance of listening to animal voices, introducing ways to help us bridge the divide between the human and non-human world.

Drawing on insights from science, philosophy, and politics, Meijer provides fascinating, real-world examples of animal communities who use their voices to speak, and act, in political ways. When Animals Speak encourages us to rethink our relations with other animals, showing that their voices should be taken into account as the starting point for a new interspecies democracy.

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