Animal Agora: Animal Citizens and the Democratic Challenge.

Many theorists of the 'political turn' in animal rights theory emphasize the need for animals' interests to be considered in political decision-making processes, but deny that this requires self-representation and participation by animals themselves. I argue that participation by domesticated animal...

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Publicado en:Social Theory & Practice Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 709 - 736
Autor principal: Donaldson, Sue
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Florida State University Oct2020
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      ab: Many theorists of the 'political turn' in animal rights theory emphasize the need for animals' interests to be considered in political decision-making processes, but deny that this requires self-representation and participation by animals themselves. I argue that participation by domesticated animals in co-authoring our shared world is indeed required, and explore two ways to proceed: 1) by enabling animal voice within the existing geography of human-animal roles and relationships; and 2) by freeing animals into a revitalized public commons ('animal agora') where citizens encounter one another in spontaneous, unpredictable encounters in spaces that they can re-shape together.
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