ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Petsmart, Patricia Hill Collins, Farm Sanctuary
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Belief in the free use of reason. Emphasis on idea of universal human progress (in past, for future) Social evolutionism (tylor, morgan) colonialism anthropology. Laws of society, of humanity, of nature" absolute law of progress . 1870s: second wave" industrial revolution steam power, steel, largescale machinery (the one. = control nature, make nature benefit human interest. = use all technical advances to do this on massive scale. Enlightenment sensibilities + modern industrial revolution = the seeds of industrialized farming. Urbanization: london, 19th century: dog domestication pets = property (dogs, cats, pigs, goats, sheep, etc. ). The dog became a pet sort of as a way making property distinctions between what belonged in the home/family and what was distinct = public/private distinction. Removal of domesticated meat and leather because of smells etc. A moral and virtuous home is definitely distinct from all of the things that happen in the other world. Imperial mindset: brings on moral/ethical reflection about the self and other.
