Political Animals and Animal Politics is a 2014 book edited by the green political theorists Marcel Wissenburg and David Schlosberg, and published by Palgrave Macmillan. The first edited collection to address the emergence of academic animal ethics informed by political philosophy, its chapters variously cover institutional change for animals, the relationship between animal ethics and ecologism, and real- world laws made for the benefit of animals. Recurring features include discussions of human exceptionalism, exploration of ways that animal issues are or could be present in political discourse, and reflections on the relationship between theory and practice in politics. For example, Kurtis Boyer contributed a chapter entitled "The Limits of Species Advocacy", focusing on the legal protection of polar bears (example pictured). The political theorist Robert Garner wrote that Political Animals and Animal Politics should be praised for its trailblazing, but predicted that it would be superseded by stronger collections on the same theme.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Animals_and_Animal_Politics

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1604:

German astronomer Johannes Kepler observed an exceptionally bright star, now known as Kepler's Supernova, which had suddenly appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus earlier in October. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_Supernova

1964:

Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opened the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Burley_Griffin

1992:

Having gone to the wrong house for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Yoshihiro_Hattori

2001:

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli Minister of Tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the targeted killing of the PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rehavam_Ze%27evi

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

wheelie: 1. (informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels. 2. (informal, chiefly Australia) A wheelchair user. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wheelie

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance — you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke.   --Arthur Miller https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller