Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
An Introduction to Carnism, 10th Anniversary Edition
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Narrated by:
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Heather Wynne
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Written by:
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Melanie Joy PhD
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Yuval Noah Harari - foreword
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An Introduction to Carnism
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it drives us to act against our own interests and the interests of others without fully realizing what we are doing. Becoming aware of what carnism is and how it functions is vital to personal empowerment and social transformation, as it enables us to make our food choices more freely - because without awareness, there is no free choice.
©2010, 2011, 2020 Melanie Joy, PhD; Foreword copyright 2020 by Yuval Noah Harari (P)2020 TantorWhat listeners say about Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
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- chandan pandey
- 18-05-22
To much extremism in the book
I do understand the author's frustration that people label vegans as insane. This should change as food choice and preference is a private affair. However, the author does not respect the same for the meat-eaters. She expects all of us to have compaction about a living thing, and because of that, we should give up on meat. However, I completely forget that plants are living beings too.
She compares eating meat to anti-jews Nazi and killing of animals as the holocaust. However, she forget that their fuller was a vegetable eater. At one point she also compares the Roman tradition of a gladiator with the killing of food. In doing so she completely forgets that she is comparing apples and oranges. One is entertainment while the other is food (basic).
There are many such examples in the book which clearly undermine its purpose of it. I do agree that people should eat less meat and more vegetable. Going to the extreme she went is not practical.
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- Ravi Shankar
- 13-05-23
A good read
The author has touched most of the valid points. But the age old myths of comparing sentient beings with plants, God created animals for human consumption, Animals lack soul that human allegedly possess, Scientific points on protein and b12, the cost and difficulty of being vegan in a developing nation could have been addressed, the cultural aspects of meat eating etc could have made it a more comprehensive book.
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- Kevin Honesh
- 28-07-23
Insightful
Have you ever wondered Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows? If yes, then this book explains the psychology and truth of consuming animal products. If no, then listen to this audiobook. It's a must read/listen book for everyone.
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- G. K. S. Raja
- 19-01-23
Astonishing facts
Wonder, how human food habits turned to Canism. Some statistics are really heart breaking. A good read.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-06-24
Its a factbook so try to be less opinioned because its a fact and facts happens in real-world.
Its a good book. Don't look for a solution because only way is to eliminate or at least reduce animal consuption and animal based product.
Thats all I have to say.
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- Arpit Vaish
- 24-04-23
very poor and narrow point of view
worst scientific book I ve ever read/heard!
author lacks proper scientific knowledge about human anatomy and evolution. she's also a little racist.
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