The Dreaded Comparison

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Considered a seminal book in the fields of Bioethics and Human-AnimalStudies, and a classic in the field of humane thought, MarjorieSpiegel's The Dreaded Comparison makes a significant contribution toour efforts to understand the roots of individual and societalviolence, tying current cultural practices to the legacy of humanbondage, and introducing new and diverse audiences to the history ofslavery and institutionalized racism in the United States.Spanning history, psychology, and current events-- and ground-breakingfor its thesis which presents the first in-depth exploration of thesimilarities between the violence humans have wrought against otherhumans, and our culture's treatment of non-human animals-- The DreadedComparison has contributed to subsequent explorations by otherscholars, historians, legal scholars, law professors and educators indiverse fields to view and further define the modern system of animalexploitation in terms of the model and legacy of human slavery.The Dreaded Comparison also contributed substantially to broadeningthe philosophical foundation of the modern discourse about animalsbeyond its traditionally more limited scope, instilling a far moreinclusive and historically-grounded understanding of the criticalissues Spiegel sensitively explores in this book.Highly acclaimed and widely reviewed-- Gordon Parks declared that"The Dreaded Comparison should be placed in schoolrooms across theuniverse," and civil rights attorney William Kunstler wrote that he"was heavily influenced by Marjorie Spiegelʼs powerful tour deforce" -- The Dreaded Comparison has been adopted as requiredreading in colleges, universities, law curriculum, and high schoolsthroughout the nation. Now in its third edition, The DreadedComparison has also been excerpted in college textbooks in the fieldsof Philosophy and Human-Animal Studies, and excerpted as a cover storyin national journals.