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245 1 0 _aSpeciesism in Biology and Culture
_h[electronic resource] :
_bHow Human Exceptionalism is Pushing Planetary Boundaries /
_cedited by Brian Swartz, Brent D. Mishler.
250 _a1st ed. 2022.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2022.
300 _aXVI, 203 p. 28 illus., 20 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
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505 0 _aPart I. Biology and Culture -- Chapter 1. Speciesism in Biology and Culture: How Human Exceptionalism is Pushing Planetary Boundaries -- Chapter 2. Race and Human Genomic Variation -- Chapter 3. Science Without Species: Doing Science With Tree-Thinking -- Part II. Culture and History -- Chapter 4. The Colonization of Islands as Microcosms for Human Impacts on an Interplanetary Scale -- Chapter 5. Species, God, and Dominion -- Chapter 6. Symbols and How We Came to be Human -- Part III. Conservation and Law -- Chapter 7. Law and Nature: Human, Nonhuman, and Ecosystem Rights -- Chapter 8. A Phylogenetic Approach to Conservation: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning for a Changing Globe -- Part IV. Sustainability and the Future -- Chapter 9. Energy and Society: Toward a Sustainable Future.
506 0 _aOpen Access
520 _aThis open access book explores a wide-ranging discussion about the sociopolitical, cultural, and scientific ramifications of speciesism and world views that derive from it. In this light, it integrates subjects across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The 21st-century western world is anthropocentric to an extreme; we adopt unreasonably self-centered and self-serving ideas and lifestyles. Americans consume more energy resources per person than most other nations on Earth and have little concept of how human ecology and population biology interface with global sustainability. We draw upon religion, popular culture, politics, and technology to justify our views and actions, yet remain self-centered because our considerations rarely extend beyond our immediate interests. Stepping upward on the hierarchy from “racism,” “speciesism” likewise refers to the view that unique natural kinds (species) exist and are an important structural element of biodiversity. This ideology manifests in the cultural idea that humans are distinct from and intrinsically superior to other forms of life. It further carries a plurality of implications for how we perceive ourselves in relation to nature, how we view Judeo-Christian religions and their tenets, how we respond to scientific data about social problems such as climate change, and how willing we are to change our actions in the face of evidence. .
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology).
650 0 _aEnvironment.
650 0 _aHistory.
650 0 _aConservation biology.
650 0 _aEcology .
650 0 _aEthics.
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences
_xSocial aspects.
650 1 4 _aEvolutionary Biology.
650 2 4 _aEnvironmental Sciences.
650 2 4 _aHistory.
650 2 4 _aConservation Biology.
650 2 4 _aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
650 2 4 _aEnvironmental Social Sciences.
700 1 _aSwartz, Brian.
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700 1 _aMishler, Brent D.
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99031-2
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