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The Dutch green political theorist Marcel Wissenburg and the American green political theorist David Schlosberg [note 1] organised a workshop entitled "Political Animals and Animal Politics" at the 2012 European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions conference, which was held at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, between 10 and 15 April 2012. [2]
Political Animal or Political Animals may refer to: A term used by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle in his Politics to refer to a human being; Political Animals (TV miniseries), a United States drama; Political Animal, a British comedy show; Political Animals (rugby), a sports team of politicians
An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory is the first book by Alasdair Cochrane.. An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory begins by discussing the history of animals in political theory before considering the approaches taken to the status of animals by five schools of political theory: utilitarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism.
The 2013 Black Mirror episode "The Waldo Moment" explores the concept of a cartoon character electoral candidate.Several news reports, including one by Chris Cillizza, political reporter for The Washington Post, compared the 2016 Donald Trump political campaign to the episode; [46] [47] later, in September 2016, episode writer Charlie Brooker also compared the Trump campaign to The Waldo ...
It was the first book to extend cosmopolitan theory to animals, and was a contribution to the "political turn" in animal ethics – animal ethics informed by political philosophy. Sentientist Politics was inspired by Cochrane's hope to take discussions of animal rights beyond questions about how animals may be treated to how politics would have ...
Political Animals and Animal Politics is a 2014 edited collection published by Palgrave Macmillan and edited by the green political theorists Marcel Wissenburg and David Schlosberg. The work addresses the emergence of academic animal ethics informed by political philosophy as opposed to moral philosophy. It was the first edited collection to be ...
O'Sullivan was a key figure in the "political turn" in animal ethics (i.e., the emergence of animal ethics informed by political theory rather than moral philosophy). [14] [19] [20] [21] In her Animals, Equality and Democracy, O'Sullivan explored the issue of the unequal treatment of members of different species in contemporary societies ...
There have been several instances of non-human animal candidates holding political office. In the United States, these candidates often hold honorary positions won through unofficial elections, typically in unincorporated areas with no official local government, although there have been cases of animals being elected to legitimate offices.