Between Light and Storm: How We Live With Other Species - Couverture rigide

Woolfson, Esther

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 178378279X ISBN 13 : 9781783782796

Editeur : Granta Books, 2020

Synopsis

Beginning with the very origins of life on Earth, Woolfson considers pre-historic human-animal interaction and traces the millennia-long evolution of conceptions of the soul and conscience in relation to the animal kingdom, and the consequences of our belief in human superiority. She explores our representation of animals in art, our consumption of them for food, our experiments on them for science, and our willingness to slaughter them for sport and fashion, as well as examining concepts of love and ownership. Drawing on philosophy and theology, art and history, as well as her own experience of living with animals and coming to know, love and respect them as individuals, Woolfson examines some of the most complex ethical issues surrounding our treatment of animals and argues passionately and persuasively for a more humble, more humane, relationship with the creatures who share our world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Esther Woolfson grew up in Glasgow and studied Chinese at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Edinburgh University. Her acclaimed short stories have appeared in many anthologies and have been read on Radio 4. She is the author of Corvus: A Life with Birds, published by Granta Books. She has won prizes for both her stories and her nature writing. She has been the recipient of a Scottish Arts Council Travel Grant and a Writer's Bursary. Her latest book, Field Notes from a Hidden City (Granta Books), was shortlisted for the 2014 Thwaites Wainwright Prize for Nature and Travel Writing. She lives in Aberdeen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178378279X
• ISBN 13: 9781783782796
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368
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• Personne responsable: non disponible