Dr. Steven Best Lecture: The Need for A Radicalized Citizenry

AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, PHILOSOPHER
DR. STEVEN BEST
IN PERSON
Dr. Best is a powerful, articulate, and principled voice for the  
revisoning of our relationship with other species and the natural world
as a necessary force in progressive social and political change.

WHEN: Thursday, April 5, 2007 - 7:00pm
FREE
WHERE: Lecture Hall 328 South Building,
Emily Carr Institute, 1399 Johnston Street,
Granville Island, Vancouver, BC

ORGANIZED BY: Emily Carr Institute Speaker Series and the  
Environmental Ethics Humanities Seminar funded by the Reverie Foundation

SPEAKING ON:
Crisis and the Crossroads of History: The Need for a Radicalized  
Citizenry

Working in the areas of philosophy, cultural criticism, social  
theory, postmodern theory, animal rights, bioethics, and  
environmental theory, Dr. Steven Best is Associate Professor of  
Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Texas, El Paso.

Dr. Best is the Author & Editor of 8 books, including the acclaimed  
volumes Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation  
of Animals (Lantern Books, 2004), Igniting a Revolution: Voices in  
Defense of the Earth (AK Press, 2006), as well as his newest book  
entitled, Animal Rights and Moral Progress: The Struggle for Human  
Evolution (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007).
http://www.drstevebest.org/

Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth and Terrorists  
or Freedom Fighters? will be available in the READ Bookstore at ECI  
starting Monday, April 2, 2007.