Steven Best was born on December 1955 and is an American philosopher, writer, speaker and activist.
12 Facts About Steven Best
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Steven Best's concerns include animal rights, species extinction, human overpopulation, ecological crisis, biotechnology, liberation politics, terrorism, mass media and culture, globalization, and capitalist domination.
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Steven Best is Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Steven Best has published 13 books and over 200 articles and reviews.
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Steven Best attended the College of DuPage from 1977 to 1979, where he completed an associate degree in film and theater.
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Steven Best then studied philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1979 to 1983, where he received a bachelor's degree with distinction; at the University of Chicago from 1985 to 1987 where he obtained his master's degree; and at the University of Texas at Austin from 1989 to 1993, where he obtained his Ph.
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Steven Best is co-founder of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, formerly known as the Center on Animal Liberation Affairs.
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Steven Best is known for his post-structuralist notions of revolution, based equally in animal rights and total liberation.
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Steven Best has written on subjects relating to popular culture, including articles on the film RoboCop and Hip hop music.
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Steven Best is an advocate of Inclusive Democracy, a movement founded by Greek political philosopher Takis Fotopoulos, and sits on the international advisory board of the International Journal of Inclusive Democracy.
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In December 2004, Steven Best co-founded the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, which acts as a media office for a number of animal rights groups, including the Animal Liberation Front, though he has said that he is not himself an ALF activist.
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Steven Best has explained a justification for civil disobedience in the essay Beyond Animal Liberation.