The primary purpose of this book is to contribute to an overcoming
of the traditional separation between humanties and life sciences
which, according to the authors, is required today both by the
developments of these disciplines and by the social problems they
have to face. The volume discusses the theoretical, epistemological
and ethical repercussions of the main acquisitions obtained in the
last decades from the behavioral sciences. Both the authors are
inspired by the concept of a "critical ethology", oriented to
archive the nature/culture and human/animal dichotomies. The book
proposes a theoretical and methodological restructuring of the
comparative study of the animal behavior, learning, and cultures,
focused on the fact that thought, culture and language are not
exclusively human prerogatives. The proposed analysis includes a
critique of speciesism and determinism in the ethical field, and
converge with the Numanities, to which the series is dedicated, on
a key point: it is necessary to arrive at an education system able
to offer scientific, social and ethical skills that are trasversal
and transcendent to the traditional humanities/life sciences
bipartition. Skills that are indispensable for facing the complex
challenges of the contemporary society and promoting a critical
reflection of humanity on itself.
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