Pigs and People
Sociological Perspectives on the Discipline of Nonhuman Animals in Intensive Confinement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joel Novek (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 221-244 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568530054927771 |
| OpenAlex | W1975111765 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 12 |
Highly concentrated intensive confinement systems have become the norm in agriculture concerning nonhuman animals. These systems have provoked a lively debate from an animal welfare perspective. Sociologists can contribute to this debate by drawing parallels between the institutional regulation of human beings and of animals under confinement. Results of research on the transformation of Canadian hog production from the 1950s to the present—based on the evolution of plans for sow housing produced by the Canada Plan Service—showed a much tighter compression of hog bodies and reproduction in space and time. The prevalence of behavioral stereotypes, however, indicates imperfect animal socialization and reconfiguration. The concept of discipline is a useful perspective that could bridge the gap between the regulations of humans in industrial societies and of pigs in intensive confinement. This concept derived from elements of labor process and Foucauldian and post-humanist theories
Animal welfare · Biology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanism · Industrial society · Norm (philosophy · Operations management · Parallels · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Reproduction · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Anthropology · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Organic Food and Agriculture · Ecology
‘Becoming With’ on the Dairy Farm
From “Animal Machines” to “Happy Meat”? Foucault’s Ideas of Disciplinary and Pastoral Power Applied to ‘Animal-Centred’ Welfare Discourse
Milking It for All It’s Worth
A report to an academy
Is 'the posthuman' educable? On the convergence of educational philosophy, animal studies, and posthumanist theory
Boundary Labor and the Production of Emotionless Commodities
Parallel Lives
Tools of the Trade or Part of the Family? Horses in Competitive Equestrian Sport
Speed and space
Dispositivo cobaia
Attitudes of Canadian Pig Producers Toward Animal Welfare
Nonhuman Animals as Fictitious Commodities
Power, Pain, and the Interspecies Politics of Foie Gras
The Symbiotic Ideology
Subjecting Cows to Robots
Foucault and Critical Animal Studies
An invitation to environmental sociology
Pigs, profits, and rural communities
Labor and Monopoly Capital
The Death of Nature
Piggeries and Politics
Michel Foucault
The Legitimation of Power
Intensive Livestock Operations, Disembedding, and Community Polarization in Manitoba
Disaster or Sustainability
The Disciplinary Society
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,84 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |