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Anthrozoology: Embracing Co-Existence in the Anthropocene
Michael Charles Tobias
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Description for Anthrozoology: Embracing Co-Existence in the Anthropocene
Hardback. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 131 colour illustrations, 160 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFFZ; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
This groundbreaking work of both theoretical and experiential thought by two leading ecological philosophers and animal liberation scientists ventures into a new frontier of applied ethical anthrozoological studies. Through lean and elegant text, readers will learn that human interconnections with other species and ecosystems are severely endangered precisely because we lack - by our evolutionary self-confidence - the very coherence that is everywhere around us abundantly demonstrated. What our species has deemed to be superior is, according to Tobias and Morrison, the cumulative result of a tragically tenuous argument predicated on the brink of our species' self-destruction, giving rise to ... Read more
This groundbreaking work of both theoretical and experiential thought by two leading ecological philosophers and animal liberation scientists ventures into a new frontier of applied ethical anthrozoological studies. Through lean and elegant text, readers will learn that human interconnections with other species and ecosystems are severely endangered precisely because we lack - by our evolutionary self-confidence - the very coherence that is everywhere around us abundantly demonstrated. What our species has deemed to be superior is, according to Tobias and Morrison, the cumulative result of a tragically tenuous argument predicated on the brink of our species' self-destruction, giving rise to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319459639
SKU
V9783319459639
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About Michael Charles Tobias
Michael Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison, partners who between them have authored some 50 books and written, directed and produced some 170 films, a prolific body of work that has been read, translated and/or broadcast around the world, have been married for more than a quarter-of-a-century. Their field research across the disciplines of comparative literature, anthropology, the history of science ... Read more
Reviews for Anthrozoology: Embracing Co-Existence in the Anthropocene
Anthrozoology: Embracing Co-Existence in the Anthropocene is packed with example after example of attitudes, values, behaviors, and practices of human dominance toward animals across and throughout cultural history. ... Anthrozoology is a challenging yet informative and very creative book; one that I imagine would engage and stimulate students, among others, in countless, unimaginable ways. (David J. Wagner, MAHB, mahb.stanford.edu, ... Read more