Why We Love and Exploit Animals: Bridging Insights from Academia and Advocacy

This unique book brings together research on human-animal relations, animal behaviour, and the factors underlying exploitative attitudes and behaviours towards animals. It explores topical issues such as meat consumption, intensive farming, and animal welfare science to demonstrate how humans both value and devalue animals.

Author: Kristof Dhont
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/21/2019
Pages: 374
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780815396659

About the Author

Kristof Dhont, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Kent, UK, and Director of SHARKLab, studying human intergroup and human-animal relations. He investigates the psychological factors underpinning speciesism, racism, and sexism and serves as Associate Editor (Group Processes & Intergroup Relations) and Consulting Editor (European Journal of Personality).

Gordon Hodson, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Brock University, Canada. His research interests include prejudice, dehumanization and speciesism, ideology, and intergroup contact. He is an Editor-in-Chief (European Review of Social Psychology) and Associate Editor (Group Processes & Intergroup Relations). He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.