Dehumanization and the Killing of Animals: Israel’s Colonial Tools

9 Dec

Colonial projects have always relied on the dehumanization of the native. By stripping the colonized of humanity, the colonizer could justify violence, dispossession, and brutal attacks as necessary acts of “civilization.”

I am a Senior lecturer in Palestine Studies, European Centre for Palestine Studies- Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. Prior to this, I was an Assistant Professor, Birzeit University, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies and the MA program in Arab Contemporary Studies. I hold a PhD in Middle East Studies form the University of Exeter. I has published books, chapters in books and academic article.

Dehumanization and the Killing of Animals: Israel’s Colonial Tools

Colonial projects have always relied on the dehumanization of the native. By stripping the colonized of humanity, the colonizer could justify violence, dispossession, and brutal attacks as necessary acts of “civilization.”

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