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2 - Historical Perspectives on Animal Involvement in Wartime

from Part I - The Need for Protecting Animals in Wartime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2022

By
Clemens Wischermann
Edited by
Anne Peters ,
Jérôme de Hemptinne  and
Robert Kolb
Anne Peters
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Jérôme de Hemptinne
Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Robert Kolb
Affiliation:
Université de Genève
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Summary

New approaches in historiography combine the study of war and violence with human#x2013;animal studies. This type of ‘animate history’ is pursued here. The postulate is that the fabric of history is made up of the interaction of diverse and multiple living creatures possessing different types and degrees of (factual) agency. This perspective changes the historiography of warfare by including animals in the tableau of historically meaningful actors and actions. In its history of humans and animals in wartime, the chapter discusses inter-species relationships during and after periods of war, inter alia by suggesting a specific reading of the role ascribed to animals in war memorials.

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animals in warhuman-animal historyhuman-animal studiescompanioncomradeanimal heroeswar memorials
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Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict , pp. 28 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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