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When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
Jeffrey Masson
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Description for When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
Paperback. Arguments that animals possess an emotional life are often dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. This book challenges that notion by proposing that the objective scientific evidence for human emotions is all but non-existent. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JM; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
For more than 100 years, scientists have denied that animals experience emotions, yet this remarkable and groundbreaking book proves what animal-lovers have known to be true: wolves, tigers, giraffes, elephants and many other creatures exhibit all kinds of feelings - hope, fear, shame, love, compassion. From Ola, the irritable whale, to Toto, the chimpanzee who nursed his owner back to health, this book collects together for the first time a vast range of case histories which show the extraordinary complexity of the animal world, and the tumult of emotions that govern it.
For more than 100 years, scientists have denied that animals experience emotions, yet this remarkable and groundbreaking book proves what animal-lovers have known to be true: wolves, tigers, giraffes, elephants and many other creatures exhibit all kinds of feelings - hope, fear, shame, love, compassion. From Ola, the irritable whale, to Toto, the chimpanzee who nursed his owner back to health, this book collects together for the first time a vast range of case histories which show the extraordinary complexity of the animal world, and the tumult of emotions that govern it.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099478911
SKU
V9780099478911
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About Jeffrey Masson
Jeffrey Masson graduated from the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute and was briefly Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives. The book he wrote with Susan McCarthy on animal emotions, When Elephants Weep (1994), became a bestseller in the United States. Since then he has published nine books on animals and their emotions, including Dogs Never Lie About Love, The Nine Emotional ... Read more
Reviews for When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
Powerful stuff... Accessible and entertaining
Guardian
A masterpiece... The most comprehensive and compelling argument for animal sensibility that I've yet seen
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas A powerful case for re-examining our entire relationship with the animal world
Brian Jackman
The Times
Among animal experts, When Elephants Weep is being hailed as a milestone in the ... Read more
Guardian
A masterpiece... The most comprehensive and compelling argument for animal sensibility that I've yet seen
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas A powerful case for re-examining our entire relationship with the animal world
Brian Jackman
The Times
Among animal experts, When Elephants Weep is being hailed as a milestone in the ... Read more