Vegan Sociology: Biocentric Sociology Committed to Social Change

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2024.13.05

Keywords:

veganism, activism, values, new trends in sociology

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present the paradigm related to vegan sociology and its research area. The author introduces the roots of vegan socio­logy, discusses the topics raised in the empirical and theoretical research and presents the International Association of Vegan Sociologists, detailing the activities undertaken in the collective and research conducted by the participating indivi­duals. Next, the directions and hopes related to the future of vegan sociology and the possibilities for the actual development of this sub-discipline are indicated.

 

Author Biography

Łucja Lange, University of Lodz

Łucja Lange – Doctor of sociology associated with the University of Łódź. She explores the experience of otherness, diversity, disease, death, mourning and homelessness – both human and animal. Interested in the issue of therapy through photography – as a phototherapy specialist and researcher. E-publisher and occasional translator. She works, among others, in the Polish Institute of the Good Death, and the International Association of Vegan Sociologists. Her website: https://www.langelucja.pl/. E-mail: LangeL@o2.pl.

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2024-04-10

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Lange, Łucja. (2024). Vegan Sociology: Biocentric Sociology Committed to Social Change. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1 (13), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2024.13.05

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No. 1 (13) (2024): Transfigurations of Veganism

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