Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene (Hardcover)

The term "Anthropocene", the era of mankind, is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch. This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide, and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale. Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene presents a dozen chapters that address the role and place of animals in this epoch characterized by anthropogenic (human-made) environmental change. While some chapters describe our impact on the living conditions of animals, others question conventional ideas about human exceptionalism, and stress the complex cognitive and other abilities of animals. The Anthropocene idea forces us to rethink our relation to nature and to animals, and to critically reflect on our own role and place in the world, as a species. Nature is not what it was. Nor are the lives of animals as they used to be before mankinds rise to global ecological prominence. Can we eventually learn to live with animals, rather than causing extinction and ecological mayhem?

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Release date:	April 2016
Editors:	Morten Tonnessen • Kristin Armstrong Oma • Silver Rattasepp
Contributors:	Almo Farina • Carlo Brentari • Katharine Dow • Martin Drenthen • Annabelle Dufourcq • Peter Gaitsch • Gisela Kaplan
Dimensions:	240 x 162 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-2796-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General
LSN:	1-4985-2796-5
Barcode:	9781498527965

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