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Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows

An Introduction to Carnism, 10th Anniversary Edition

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Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows

By: Melanie Joy PhD, Yuval Noah Harari - foreword
Narrated by: Heather Wynne
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An Introduction to Carnism

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it drives us to act against our own interests and the interests of others without fully realizing what we are doing. Becoming aware of what carnism is and how it functions is vital to personal empowerment and social transformation, as it enables us to make our food choices more freely - because without awareness, there is no free choice.

©2010, 2011, 2020 Melanie Joy, PhD; Foreword copyright 2020 by Yuval Noah Harari (P)2020 Tantor Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Animal Joy
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Great concepts. A real eye opener. But narrator sounded like a school girl in a debate. Struggled to keep listening. Too much repetion as well. Overall however, the idea was clear. Certainly reignited my feelings towards farm animals and how big business runs.

Eye opener

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Very interesting book with many mindblowing facts. Easy to listen and covering many areas of the animal cruelty.

Great book!

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As a vegetarian who stopped eating meat largely with the aspect of a healthier lifestyle in mind, I found this book hard to listen to at times. The importance of its message calls for a level of discomfort and disgust. I hope it continues to act as a catalyst for positive change in our world. Would highly recommend as it is a real eye opener.

Great book though not easy to listen to.

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Well researched and very informative. Uses facts and statistics rather than sensationalism to expose the suffering of billions of animals caused by modern farming.

Must read

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as i know the author i thought it's going to talk more about history and All the book was vegan propaganda

sorry i got this book

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I feel the book is political. The chapters are dividing really short. Good effort, and an interesting reading.

I feel the book is political

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Great starting chapters and introduction - well considered and compulsive. Unfortunately degenerates into a morass of unbalanced sensationalism which detracts from the overall message.

Degenerates

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