(DOWNLOAD) "Catherine Owen's "Dodo" As Animal Rights Theory (Perspective) (Critical Essay)" by Ariel ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Catherine Owen's "Dodo" As Animal Rights Theory (Perspective) (Critical Essay)
- Author : Ariel
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Western imperial culture burdens Canadian society with an unjust hierarchy of animals. Thinkers implicitly use hierarchy to arrange animals along a "chain of being," from creatures worthy to exist, to unworthy expendable victims. The justifications of hierarchy sometimes include subtle reasons that an animal is doomed. At other times, the need for justifying the existence of one creature instead of another is blatant. Whether subtle or obvious, the chain of being projects a purpose onto everything within its purview. Colonial explorers must imagine the world in terms that allow an empire to conquer the animals that live in new territory. Therefore, the injustices of imperialism result in a logical disconnection between the realities of indigenous life forms and western societies. In the twenty-first century, the blinders that allowed Europeans to expand their political domains over the earth are being vigorously called into question. The logical disconnection between western culture and the conquered world is being subverted by apparent imminent ecological catastrophes around the world. Canadians live in an ecologically diverse nation that is the political result of cultural and ecological imperialism by several European powers. Comfort and survival depend on how well Canadians can overcome the legacies of colonization by challenging the logic of environmentally unsound thinking. People need to explore the reasons that they are facing so many impending global catastrophes. Catherine Owen, a Canadian poet, has written a poem, "The Dodo" (13), that reveals multiple layers of prejudice in the legacy of the dodo's extinction. "The Dodo" lays bare the rationalizations used to justify forced extinction in ways that allow readers to radicalize their own critical thinking about animal rights and the environment.