Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals
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"Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals" is a collection of essays examining the ethics, politics, and public perception of radical animal rights activism and direct action.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals Context triple: [Steven Best, notableWork, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals]
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Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation is a groundbreaking philosophical book by Peter Singer that helped launch the modern animal rights movement by arguing against speciesism and the moral permissibility of animal suffering.
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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals is a philosophical work by John Gray that critiques humanism and challenges beliefs in human progress, rationality, and moral exceptionalism.
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Animal Equality
Animal Equality is an international animal rights organization focused on ending cruelty to farmed animals through investigations, public awareness campaigns, and advocacy for legislative change.
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D.
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? is a philosophical work by Judith Butler that examines how media and political frameworks shape whose lives are recognized as valuable and mournable in contexts of war and violence.
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E.
An Essay on Liberation
An Essay on Liberation is a 1969 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critiques advanced industrial society and explores the possibilities for radical social transformation and human emancipation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals Target entity description: "Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals" is a collection of essays examining the ethics, politics, and public perception of radical animal rights activism and direct action.
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A.
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation is a groundbreaking philosophical book by Peter Singer that helped launch the modern animal rights movement by arguing against speciesism and the moral permissibility of animal suffering.
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B.
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals is a philosophical work by John Gray that critiques humanism and challenges beliefs in human progress, rationality, and moral exceptionalism.
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C.
Animal Equality
Animal Equality is an international animal rights organization focused on ending cruelty to farmed animals through investigations, public awareness campaigns, and advocacy for legislative change.
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D.
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? is a philosophical work by Judith Butler that examines how media and political frameworks shape whose lives are recognized as valuable and mournable in contexts of war and violence.
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E.
An Essay on Liberation
An Essay on Liberation is a 1969 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critiques advanced industrial society and explores the possibilities for radical social transformation and human emancipation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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essay collection ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ |
| addresses |
criminalization of animal rights activism
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relationship between legality and morality ⓘ solidarity with political prisoners ⓘ strategic debates within animal rights movement ⓘ use of the term terrorist against activists ⓘ |
| examines |
distinction between terrorism and resistance
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ethics of radical activism ⓘ nonhuman animals as political subjects ⓘ politics of animal liberation ⓘ public perception of animal rights militancy ⓘ role of violence in social movements ⓘ state and corporate responses to activism ⓘ |
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Animal Liberation Front
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animal rights direct action ⓘ ethics of lawbreaking ⓘ legal repression of activists ⓘ media representation of animal rights ⓘ morality of property destruction ⓘ public perception of activists ⓘ radical animal rights activism ⓘ state violence against animals ⓘ |
| genre |
animal ethics literature
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political theory ⓘ social movement studies ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of essays ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of terrorism label
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pro–animal liberation ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contested meanings of terrorism
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liberation struggles ⓘ moral status of animals ⓘ radical social change ⓘ state power and repression ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
animal rights activists
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ethicists ⓘ general public interested in animal issues ⓘ scholars of social movements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
animal liberation movement
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animal rights ⓘ civil disobedience ⓘ direct action ⓘ political violence ⓘ radical activism ⓘ terrorism discourse ⓘ |
| title | Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals ⓘ |
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