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Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence

Passion, Praxis and Presence

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  •    296 pages
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  • Paperback ISBN  978-1-59056-739-5
  • eBook ISBN  978-1-59056-740-1
  • Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media
  • Publication Date: March 2025

This book highlights significant contributions to animal studies and animal rights activism regarding the total liberation of all life on Earth for more peaceful non/human coexistence.

Exploring Topics in Non/human Coexistence serves as a unifying platform for individuals from diverse backgrounds who share a common goal of achieving total liberation and fostering coexistence between humans and nonhumans beyond the confines of our shared planet. The chapters delve into a wide range of subjects, including critical analyses of human/nonhuman interactions, strategies for enhancing liberation efforts, and the significance of drawing inspiration from nonhuman entities.

Several chapters within this book push the field towards innovative pathways by proposing solutions to detrimental practices and organizational frameworks. Moreover, they underscore the interconnectedness of animal advocacy with other social justice movements, thereby fostering collaboration among advocates of various liberation causes. Veganism, in its broadest sense, emerges as a recurring motif that threads together the diverse themes explored in this book, facilitating a cohesive approach towards anti-oppressive endeavors.

To amplify the voices of marginalized communities, the editors have strategically positioned chapters authored by individuals of color and other underrepresented groups at the forefront of this book, granting them prominent roles in sections such as the foreword, preface, and afterword. This arrangement challenges content creators to redefine their understanding of ‘meaningful’ content creation, urging them to prioritize original insights, emotionally resonant narratives, and incisive critiques over recycled ideas that may saturate discourse and stifle diverse perspectives.

Readers are encouraged to actively engage in alleviating nonhuman suffering while respecting the autonomy of nonhuman entities to flourish, equipping themselves with the skills necessary to discern between the two. This call to action underscores the imperative of fostering empathy and understanding in our interactions with the nonhuman world, paving the way for a more compassionate and inclusive future.


“This collection interrogates the human-animal studies field’s seeming compulsion to focus on human interactions with nonhuman animals and its implicit centering of the human in doing so. By reframing human interactions with nonhumans as intrusions, this collection disrupts normative logics that ignore nonhuman realities at the expense of feel-good coexistence narratives and moves towards a liberatory framework in which the field can build on.”—Zane McNeill, editor of Vegan Entanglements: Dismantling Racial and Carceral Capitalism

“Nonhuman animals globally need all the help they can get in the Anthropocene, often called ”the age of humanity’ but practically cashed out as ‘the rage of inhumanity.’ Meaningful work on behalf of other animals to help them deal with widespread human intrusions into their lives and diverse ways of being require academics and on-the-ground activists to work hand-in-hand to use what we know about these fascinating individuals to help them to thrive in an increasingly human-dominated world. Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence clearly shows that coexistence between non/humans requires ongoing multispecies negotiations with humans showing far more respect for what other animals need to have the freedoms to express who they are and to live high quality lives typical of their species.”—Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., author of The Animals’ Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age, Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things Canine, and The Emotional Lives of Animals.

“To liberate. To leave alone. These seem like contradictory principles, one active and one passive. Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence challenges us to see their complementarity, inviting readers to investigate non-interference as an active ethical principle and helping us recognize that non/human coexistence unfolds not only through ‘encounter’ but also, importantly, through deliberate non-encounter. This provocative collection of essays, with its diverse range of perspectives and wide thematic scope, is sure to make you think differently. The editors and authors should be applauded for their valuable contribution to non/human liberation.”—Jessica Pierce, PhD. Affiliate Faculty, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, author of Who’s A Good Dog? And How to Be A Better Human.

“Animal studies is a dynamic and vibrant area of contemporary scholarship. It thrives on crossing boundaries, not only intellectual boundaries but also boundaries between theory and practice. This volume celebrates that diversity, juxtaposing innovative ideas within and across chapters. Read it and you will have a sense of the excitement, the breadth and depth of thinking, that is emerging in work on non/human coexistence.”—Thomas Dietz, Author of Decisions for Sustainability

Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence is an essential contribution to the growing field of scholarship daring to challenge deeply ingrained paradigms about shared non/human existence. With breathtaking scope and ambition, the editors have curated a body of scholarship spanning disciplines and worldviews that boldly break the mold, offering an expansive, thought-provoking collection interrogating and dismantling boundaries which have long limited the discourse on liberation for all life. The range of perspectives gathered here illuminates the often invisible yet profound ‘entanglements of oppression’ binding non/humans, revealing how these entanglements can potentially become the groundwork for genuine liberation. This volume transcends the usual frameworks to spark new ways of thinking about coexistence and resistance. It invites readers not just to imagine new futures, but to take seriously the urgent need to build them—futures where liberation is collective, holistic, and encompasses literally everyone.”—Emilia A. Leese, author, podcaster, rewilder, and author of Think Like a Vegan

Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence makes an impressive contribution to the literature, not least through drawing meaningful attention toward an eclectic range of otherwise marginalized and little-understood intersectional areas of enquiry. This, together with the fact that the contributions include some of the most important international scholars and activists working at this time, will make it essential reading for many. In particular, its accessibility and breadth should have strong appeal across many critical academics, activists and broader public communities alike: I really hope it is read widely!”—Dr. Richard J. White, Associate Professor in Human Geography, Sheffield Hallam University, Co-Editor of Vegan Geographies: Spaces Beyond Violence, Ethics Beyond Speciesism

“This collection is provocative and accessible; it draws on ways humans and nonhuman animals coexist together from a vegan perspective. Each essay’s unique perspective makes the whole book interesting and engaging. There is also zero compromise regarding human and nonhuman animal liberation. This is a book that might make anyone look at our relationship with other animals in an entirely different manner. I couldn’t recommend it more to anyone interested in veganism, total liberation, or simply making sense of the way we share and view the world.”—John Tallent, author of How to Unite the Left on Animals: A Handbook on Total Liberationist Veganism and a Shared Reality

“This edited volume critiques some of the most important issues preventing the success of animal liberation including the failure of capitalism, consumerism, and lab-grown meat. In contrast, it argues for animal liberation as a social justice movement in solidarity with other social justice movements. It is a wonderful text and I highly recommend it.”—Vasile Stănescu, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies & Theatre, Mercer University

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