Politics of Total Liberation

Steven Best is an award-winning writer, noted international speaker, public intellectual, and seasoned activist with over 30 years in diverse political movements. He is Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

• 1. The Animal Standpoint 2. The New Abolitionism. Capitalism, Slavery, and Animal Liberation 3. The Paralysis of Pacifism. In Defense of Militant Direct Action 4. Rethinking Revolution. Veganism, Animal Liberation, Ecology, and the Left 5. Minding the Animals. Cognitive Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism 6. Moral Progress and the Struggle for Human Evolution Conclusion