Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals

In 1990, The Sexual Politics of Meat was published. In just a few years, the book became an underground classic. Neither Man Nor Beast takes Adams’ thought one step further. It represents her collected reflections on animal rights, vegetarianism, and ecofeminism from the often-difficult-to-locate sources in which many originally appeared, and includes two important and completely new chapters. More than a book of theory, Neither Man Nor Beast is an enlightened call to action.

Topics covered include: animal experimentation and patriarchal culture; abortion rights and animal rights; responding to racism in a human-centered world; ecofeminism and the eating of animals; the need to integrate feminism, animal defense, and environmentalism; the interconnected abuse of women, children, and animals; institutional violence; feminist ethics, and vegetarianism; a beastly theology: the place of animals in God's universe.

Choice has said of this volume, "[Adams's] thinking is brilliant and original, and this volume belongs in every women's studies, theology, and environmental ethics collection."

Part 1: Examining the Arrogant Eye

1. Eating Animals

2. The Arrogant Eye and Animal Experimentation

3. Abortion Rights and Animal Rights

4. On Beastliness and a Politics of Solidarity

Part 2: "We Are One Lesson": Transforming Feminist Theory

1. Ecofeminism and the Eating of Animals

2. The Feminist Traffic in Animals

3. Reflections on a Stripping Chimpanzee: On the Need to Integrate Feminism, Animal Defense, and Environmentalism

Part 3: From Misery to Grace

1. Bringing Peace Home: A Feminist Philosophical Perspective on the Abuse of Women, Children, and Pet Animals

2. Feeding on Grace: Institutional Violence, Feminist Ethics, and Vegetarianism

3. Beastly Theology: When Epistemology Constructs Ontology