Marxism and the Underdog
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7097870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Perlo (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 303-318 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1163/156853002320770092 |
| OpenAlex | W2017766384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 4 |
Marxism has defined its key values in opposition to animals other than human in order to promote the interests of the most downtrodden human beings. Although it has characterized itself as a scientific historical and economic theory, sympathy for human suffering has provided its most powerful motivation as a political force. This capacity for sympathy, causing in modern times an extension of Marxist concerns beyond "class" in the original sense, is beginning to accommodate animals as are the theoretical concepts of alienation, surplus value, and historical materialism. Marxism's inconsistencies are being resolved in favor of the side that, for human as well as animal benefit, favors individual sentience and other pro-animal values. So, in a truly dialectical progression, the same quality of sympathy that at first caused Marxism to denigrate animals is now coming out in their support
Aesthetics · Alienation · Consciousness · Dialectic · Dialectical materialism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Historical materialism · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Sentience · Social science · Sociology · Sympathy · Value (mathematics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology · Social Psychology
A novel account of animal alienation
La moissonneuse à poulets
Comparative Seriousness of Abuse of Children and Companion Animals
Veganism, Moral Motivation and False Consciousness
Finding Sanctuary in the Occupational Choice of Animal Shelter Work
Sympathy, Empathy, and the Plight of Animals on Factory Farms
Marxism and the Nonhuman Turn
Marx's Comments on Animal Welfare
Herds and Hierarchies
Marx's non-speciesist concept of labour
Conceptualising animal exploitation in capitalism
I Just Care so Much About the Koalas
Extending Social Theory to Farm Animals
Like One Who is Bringing his Own Hide to Market
The Zoological Marx
Chicken Harvesting Machine
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,84 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |