Animals, Disability, and the End of Capitalism

Voices from the Eco-ability Movement

Anthony J. Nocella II, John Lupinacci, Amber E. George, Anthony J. Nocella II, John Lupinacci, Amber E. George

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781433157417
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

Animals, Disability, and the End of Capitalism is a collection of essays from the leaders in the field of eco-ability. The book is rooted in critical pedagogy, inclusive education, and environmental education. The efforts of diverse disability activists work to weave together the complex diversity and vastly overlooked interconnections among nature, ability, and animals. Eco-ability challenges social constructions, binaries, domination, and normalcy. Contributors challenge the concepts of disability, animal, and nature in relation to human and man. Eco-ability stresses the interdependent relationship among everything and how the effect of one action such as the extinction of a species in Africa can affect the ecosystem in Northern California. Animals, Disability, and the End of Capitalism is timely and offers important critical insight from within the growing movement and the current academic climate for such scholarship. The book also provides insights and examples of radical experiences, pedagogical projects, and perspectives shaped by critical animal studies, critical environmental studies, and critical disability studies.

Contributors include Sarah R. Adams, Marissa Anderson, Judy K. C. Bentley, Mary Fantaske, Amber E. George, Ava HaberkornHalm, John Lupinacci, Hannah Monroe, Anthony J. Nocella II, Nicole R. Pallotta, Meneka Repka, and Daniel Salomon.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword (Judy K.C. Bentley)
• Introduction: Defending and Sharing Space and Place for Eco-ability Voicesfor Total Liberation (Anthony J. Nocella II / Amber E. George / John Lupinacci)
• 1. Critical Animal Studies and the Importance of Anti-Racist and Anti-Ableist Politics (Anthony J. Nocella II / Amber E. George / John Lupinacci / Meneka Repka)
• 2. The Interdependency of Humans and Nature: A Plea for Ecopedagogy and Eco-ability Activism (Sarah R. Adams)
• 3. From Collective Autism to Autistic Wildness (Daniel Salomon)
• 4. I Fled to the Wilderness and Was Surprised by Enlightenment (Daniel Salomon)
• 5. Post-Structural Analyses of Conformity and Oppression: A Discussion of Critical Animal Studies and Neurodiversity (Hannah Monroe)
• 6. Giving a Face to the Nameless Numbers (Mary Fantaske)
• 7. Reframing Companion Animal Disability Using the Social Model: Removing Barriers and Facilitating Care (Nicole R. Pallotta)
• 8. Seeding Ableism (Ava HaberkornHalm)
• 9. Dealing with Trauma Holistically: Introducing Eco-ability Liberatory Therapy (Marissa Anderson)
• Contributors
• Index