Bibliograph

The longest struggle, animal advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA, Norm Phelps

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The longest struggle, animal advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA, Norm Phelps

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-351) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The longest struggle

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

77334004

Responsibility statement

Norm Phelps

Sub title

animal advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA

Table Of Contents

Introduction: tearing off the cloak of invisibility -- The roots of evil -- The challenge of Ahimsa -- The challenge comes West -- Judaism crafts a compromise -- Jesus vs. Aristotle -- Secular offerings to a savage God -- A few rays of enlightenment -- "Pain is pain" -- "Harassing the lower orders" -- The great meddler -- The pit of despair -- Requiem for a little brown dog -- Ahimsa returns to the West -- One step forward, twenty steps back -- Heralds of change -- The age of the pioneers -- The sixties' last hurrah -- Direct action: striking back on land and sea -- Things fall apart -- But the center takes hold -- Conclusion: the dream and the work

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