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Cruelty to Animals

Mar 21, 201948 min
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Episode description

Understanding changing relationships between human and non-human animals is central to our world today.

This lecture starts by looking at early-modern understandings of the nature of 'animal' and 'human' life, before turning to the rise of 'rights of animals'. It concludes by investigating late twentieth and early twenty-first century thought about evolution, the Great Apes, and liberationist and ecology movements.

A lecture by Joanna Bourke, Visiting Professor of History 21 March 2019

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/cruelty-to-animals

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