Indifference: On the Praxis of Interspecies Being

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Title: Indifference: On the Praxis of Interspecies Being
Author: Naisargi N. Davé
Publisher: Navayana Publishing, 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9788194631378

Indifference by Naisargi N. Davé is a challenging work of anthropology and critical theory about human-animal relations in India and beyond. Drawing on years of research, writing, and reflection, Davé examines how animals, humans, caste, religion, sexuality, labour, violence, and ethics become entangled in everyday life.

The book questions familiar assumptions about animal innocence, human moral attention, and the politics of care. It connects animal ethics with cow protection, caste violence, gender, queer life, commodities, and the lives of those treated as “Other” within social and political systems.

Rather than using indifference as a word for apathy, Davé explores it as a possible stance for thinking about interspecies being differently. This paperback is suitable for readers interested in anthropology, animal studies, caste, queer theory, ethics, Indian society, and political thought.