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David Nibert
Born1953 (age 70–71)
U.S.
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsWittenberg University
Main interests
Sociology, animal rights theory
Notable ideas
Animal rights advocacy

David Alan Nibert (born 1953) is an American sociologist, author, activist and professor of sociology at Wittenberg University.[1] He is the co-organizer of the Section on Animals and Society of the American Sociological Association.[2] In 2005, he received their Award for Distinguished Scholarship.[3]

Work

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Nibert connects animal rights theory with other economic and sociological theories.[4] According to Nibert, speciesism is an ideology that seeks to legitimize animal slavery, defending the discrimination against sentient beings on account of their species. He promotes veganism and abolitionism. Nibert offers an "Animals and Society" course at Wittenberg University to spread awareness of animal oppression. He said:

Increasingly, social scientists are focusing on the ethical, environmental and social consequences of human treatment of other animals. This course will examine how human societies have viewed and treated other animals and how the interactions and the structure of the relationship between humans and other animals affect both those animals and human social organization. For example, some scholars argue that cultural practices that define and use nonhuman animals as food contribute significantly to various forms of environmental devastation. Human health research indicates that high rates of heart disease and cancer in many cultures can be attributed to the consumption of animals. Others suggest that human perception and treatment of nonhuman animals are related in significant ways to such enduring problems as racism, sexism and violence against vulnerable groups of people. This course will examine the causes of human exploitation of other animals and the issues that frame the animal rights debate.[5]

Publications

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Books

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  • Animal Oppression and Capitalism. Praeger Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1440850738
  • Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict. Columbia University Press, 2013. ISBN 0-2311-5189-6 (review)[6]
  • "Origins and Consequences of the Animal Industrial Complex" in Steven Best; Richard Kahn; Anthony J. Nocella II; Peter McLaren (eds.). The Global Industrial Complex: Systems of Domination. Rowman & Littlefield, 2011 ISBN 978-0739136980
  • Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. ISBN 0-7425-1776-4 (0-7425-1776-4)
  • Hitting the Lottery Jackpot: State Governments and the Taxing of Dreams. Monthly Review Press, 1999. ISBN 1-58367-014-9

Selected articles

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ David Nibert, Ph.D. Wittenberg University
  2. ^ Section on Animals and Society Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine American Sociological Association
  3. ^ Recipients of 2005 Section Awards Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine American Sociological Association
  4. ^ Animal Rights/Human Rights. Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation
  5. ^ Animals and Society Course Description Archived 2017-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Wittenberg University
  6. ^ Gillespie, Kathryn (2015). "Animal Oppression & Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict". The AAG Review of Books. 3 (2). Taylor & Francis, LLC (Association of American Geographers): 66–67. doi:10.1080/2325548x.2015.1015914. ISSN 2325-548X. S2CID 154641458.
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