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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Ranking Sociology?

I haven’t written about sociology in quite some time–for whatever reason, sociologists talking about sociology is even more boring than philosophers talking about philosophy or theologians talking about theology. Perhaps it is because, generally speaking, the institutional viability of the social sciences in the context of an ongoing fiscal crisis remains somewhat more secure than [...]

Key Readings in Critical Animal Studies

The other day I was asked what I thought were the key readings in critical animal studies (CAS). For purposes of brevity, let’s refer to CAS as “animal studies” plus an “ethical orientation” that sees the (merely instrumental) use of animals by humans as morally unjustifiable. My sense is that few people read CAS and [...]