Animal Studies: An Introduction

By: Paul Waldau

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Synopsis: Animal studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that incorporates scholarship from public policy, sociology, religion, philosophy, and many other areas. 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 across different ways of thinking. 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. It also compellingly demonstrates that the breadth and depth of thinking and 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 192 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780199968398
Related ISBNs:: 9780199968404, 9780199827039, 9780199827015, 9780199968404, 9780199827039, 9780199827015
Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Date of Addition:: 12/12/22
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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