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Animal Studies - An Introduction (Hardcover)
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Animal Studies - An Introduction (Hardcover)
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Human culture values some nonhumans but not others, while human
culture as a whole is engaged with an incredibly diverse range of
living beings. Animal studies is a growing interdisciplinary field
that incorporates scholarship from public policy, sociology,
religion, politics, philosophy, and many other fields. In essence,
it seeks to understand how humans study and conceive of
other-than-human animals, and how these conceptions have changed
over time, across cultures, and among various scholarly modes of
inquiry. This interdisciplinary introduction to the field boldly
and creatively foregrounds the realities of nonhuman animals, as
well as the imaginative and ethical faculties that humans must
engage to consider our intersection with living beings outside of
our species. The field requires both learning and unlearning to
develop forms of critical thinking that are scientifically informed
and ethically sensitive. This book is a frank assessment of the
ways human-centered approaches undermine the core values of the
scientific tradition, robust education, and human compassion.
Further, it argues that the breadth and depth of thinking and the
humility needed to grasp the human-nonhuman intersection has the
potential to expand the dualism that currently divides the sciences
and humanities. As the first holistic survey of the field, Animal
Studies is essential reading for any student of human-animal
relationships, and for all people who care about the role nonhuman
animals play in our society.
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