The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845204700 ISBN 13 : 9781845204709

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

The study of animals - and the relationship between humans and other animals - is now one of the most fiercely debated topics in contemporary science and culture. Animals have a long history in human society, providing food, labour, sport and companionship as well as becoming objects for exhibit. More contemporary uses extend to animals as therapy and in scientific testing. As natural habitats continue to be destroyed, the rights of animals to co-exist on the planet - and their symbolic power as a connection between humans and the natural world - are ever more hotly contested. The Animals Reader brings together the key classic and contemporary writings from Philosophy, Ethics, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, History, Law and Science. As the first book of its kind, The Animals Reader provides a framework for understanding the current state of the multidisciplinary field of animal studies. This anthology will be invaluable for students across the Humanities and Social Sciences as well as for general readers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Linda Kalof is Professor in the Dept. of Sociology at Michigan State University. She is author of Looking at Animals in Human History and co-editor of The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values and the forthcoming major multi-volume works, A Cultural History of Animals and A Cultural History of the Human Body. Amy J. Fitzgerald is on the faculty in the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and author of Animal Abuse and Family Violence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845204700
• ISBN 13: 9781845204709
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 408
• Éditeur: Kalof Linda, Fitzgerald Amy
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• Personne responsable: non disponible