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Considering Animals - Contemporary Studies in Human-Animal Relations (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Considering Animals - Contemporary Studies in Human-Animal Relations (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Considering Animals draws on the expertise of scholars trained in
the biological sciences, humanities, and social sciences to
investigate the complex and contradictory relationships humans have
with nonhuman animals. Taking their cue from the specific 'animal
moments' that punctuate these interactions, the essays engage with
contemporary issues and debates central to human-animal studies:
the representation of animals, the practical and ethical issues
inseparable from human interactions with other species, and,
perhaps most challengingly, the compelling evidence that animals
are themselves considering beings. Case studies focus on issues
such as animal emotion and human 'sentimentality'; the
representation of animals in contemporary art and in recent films
such as March of the Penguins, Happy Feet, and Grizzly Man;
animals' experiences in catastrophic events such as Hurricane
Katrina and the SARS outbreak; and the danger of overvaluing the
role humans play in the earth's ecosystems. From Marc Bekoff's
moving preface through to the last essay, Considering Animals
foregrounds the frequent, sometimes uncanny, exchanges with other
species that disturb our self-contained existences and bring into
focus our troubled relationships with them. Written in an
accessible and jargon-free style, this collection demonstrates
that, in the face of species extinction and environmental
destruction, the roles and fates of animals are too important to be
left to any one academic discipline.
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