LEADER 03318nam 22006253 450 001 9910635387703321 005 20230317084551.0 010 $a3-030-99031-1 035 $a(CKB)5680000000295210 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/96267 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7165948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7165948 035 $a(OCoLC)1360430554 035 $a(PPN)267815956 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000295210 100 $a20230317d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpeciesism in Biology and Culture $eHow Human Exceptionalism Is Pushing Planetary Boundaries 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing AG,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 electronic resource (203 p.) 311 $a3-030-99029-X 330 $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. 606 $aEvolution$2bicssc 606 $aClimate change$2bicssc 606 $aHistory$2bicssc 606 $aConservation of the environment$2bicssc 606 $aEthics & moral philosophy$2bicssc 606 $aSustainability$2bicssc 610 $aSpeciesism 610 $aanthropocentric practices 610 $aconservation biology 610 $aecological and evolutionary history 610 $aenvironmental ethics 610 $areligion and culture 615 7$aEvolution 615 7$aClimate change 615 7$aHistory 615 7$aConservation of the environment 615 7$aEthics & moral philosophy 615 7$aSustainability 700 $aSwartz$b Brian$01309746 701 $aMishler$b Brent D$01272086 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910635387703321 996 $aSpeciesism in Biology and Culture$93057671 997 $aUNINA