'Twine's Animals as Biotechnology adds a much needed perspective to debates surrounding animal life, ethics, capitalism, and emerging animal biotechnologies. Combining cutting-edge interdisciplinary frameworks from critical animal studies with in-depth analyses of the economics and science behind the increasing commodification and production of animals for human consumption, Twine makes a compelling case for the development of a more generous, less anthropocentric approach in our myriad relations with the other-than-human world.'
Dr. Matthew Calarco, Associate Professor of Philosophy, California State University at Fullerton, USA - Author of Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida

'Richard Twine weaves deftly between 'molecularisation' of animals in biotechnology and growing sensibilities about human-animal relationships. Tensions between these opposing strands raise many questions about what animal science can promise, and - importantly - about implications for sustainability and how we treat other animals who share this earth. Rethinking relationships with other animals is critical for all our futures.'
Professor Lynda Birke, University of Chester, UK - Author of Feminism, Animals and Science: The Naming of the Shrew and Feminism and the Biological Body

Animals as Biotechnology was published in the UK on Friday 20th August 2010. The USA publication date was October 28th 2010. Initially on hardback. Please order for your library and/or available for purchase from Amazon or Earthscan

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I am very grateful to ICAS for their award of 'Book of the Year'



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