{"product_id":"the-next-social-contract-wayne-gabardi-9781439914120","title":"The Next Social Contract: Animals, the Anthropocene, and Biopolitics","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his provocative book \u003ci\u003eThe Next Social Contract, \u003c\/i\u003e Wayne Gabardi rigorously considers the fate of animals in the twenty-first century. He claims that if we are to address the challenges raised by the Anthropocene-the period where nonhuman beings tend to be mere extras, often subsumed under the umbrella notion of \"nature\"-we need to radically rethink our basic ethical outlook and develop a new, \"more-than-human\" social contract.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGabardi's wide-ranging and multidisciplinary analysis focuses on four principal battlegrounds of animal biopolitics in the twenty first century: the extinction of wild animals, the crisis of oceanic animals, industrialized farm animals and the future of industrial agribusiness, and the situation of contact-zone animals moving into human-occupied habitats. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his recasting of the social contract, Gabardi envisions a culture shift in human-animal relations toward posthumanism that features the ethical and political prioritization of animal life so it is on par with that of human well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Gabardi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439914125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439914120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017","brand":"Wayne Gabardi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123628830975,"sku":"9781439914120","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26036ca7-685a-4466-9b4f-f04afeb151ff.jpg?v=1687431941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-next-social-contract-wayne-gabardi-9781439914120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}