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9781498527989: Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene
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ISBN 10 : 1498527981 ISBN 13 : 9781498527989
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2019

Synopsis

The term "Anthropocene", the era of mankind, is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch. This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide, and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale. Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene presents a dozen chapters that address the role and place of animals in this epoch characterized by anthropogenic (human-made) environmental change. While some chapters describe our impact on the living conditions of animals, others question conventional ideas about human exceptionalism, and stress the complex cognitive and other abilities of animals. The Anthropocene idea forces us to rethink our relation to nature and to animals, and to critically reflect on our own role and place in the world, as a species. Nature is not what it was. Nor are the lives of animals as they used to be before mankind´s rise to global ecological prominence. Can we eventually learn to live with animals, rather than causing extinction and ecological mayhem?

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À propos des auteurs

Morten Tønnessen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Stavanger, Norway. He has co-edited ca. 10 scientific books and special issues, and co-written the scientific monograph Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism (2021) with Alexei Sharov.

Kristin Armstrong Oma is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Her research interests combine archaeology, human-animal studies, cultural theory and feminism.

Silver Rattasepp is a junior researcher in the Department of Semiotics at University of Tartu.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498527981
ISBN 13 
9781498527989
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Éditeur
Tønnessen Morten
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