Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw
A fascinating depiction of the animal rights movement in the late
Victorian era.
Description
In search of insight into late Victorian ideas about animals and the
animal rights movement, Rod Preece explores animal sensibility in the
work of George Bernard Shaw. Shaw’s reformist thought –
particularly what Preece calls inclusive justice, which aimed to
eliminate the suffering of both humans and animals – emerges in
relation to that of fellow reformers such as Edward Carpenter, Annie
Besant, and Henry Salt. This fascinating account of the characters and
crusades that shaped Shaw’s philosophy sheds new light not only
on modernist thought but also on the relationship between historical
socialism and the ethical treatment of animals.