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Humans and Animals

Author : Julie Urbanik
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Humans and Animals written by Julie Urbanik and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and at times sobering look at the coexistence of humans and animals in the 21st century and how their sometimes disparate needs affect environments, politics, economies, and culture worldwide. There is an urgent need to understand human-animal interactions and relations as we become increasingly aware of our devastating impact on the natural resources needed for the survival of all animal species. This timely reference explores such topics as climate change and biodiversity, the impact of animal domestication and industrial farming on local and global ecosystems, and the impact of human consumption of wild species for food, entertainment, medicine, and social status. This volume also explores the role of pets in our lives, advocacy movements on behalf of animals, and the role of animals in art and media culture. Authors Julie Urbanik and Connie L. Johnston introduce the concept of animal geography, present different aspects of human-animal relationships worldwide, and highlight the importance of examining these interconnections. Alphabetical entries illustrate key relationships, concepts, practices, and animal species. The book concludes with a comprehensive appendix of select excerpts from key primary source documents relating to animals and a glossary.

A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans

Author : Jakob von Uexküll
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452903798
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans written by Jakob von Uexküll and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject?” With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit. This concept of the umwelt has become enormously important within posthumanist philosophy, influencing such figures as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and, most recently, Giorgio Agamben, who has called Uexküll “a high point of modern antihumanism.” A key document in the genealogy of posthumanist thought, A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans advances Uexküll’s revolutionary belief that nonhuman perceptions must be accounted for in any biology worth its name; it also contains his arguments against natural selection as an adequate explanation for the present orientation of a species’ morphology and behavior. A Theory of Meaning extends his thinking on the umwelt, while also identifying an overarching and perceptible unity in nature. Those coming to Uexküll’s work for the first time will find that his concept of the umwelt holds new possibilities for the terms of animality, life, and the framework of biopolitics.

Humans and Other Animals

Author : Samantha Hurn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849647267
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Humans and Other Animals written by Samantha Hurn and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the evolving and diverse ways in which humans and animals interact, from blood sports to pet keeping

Beastly Natures

Author : Dorothee Brantz
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813929474
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Beastly Natures written by Dorothee Brantz and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacket.

Humans, Animals and Biopolitics

Author : Kristin Asdal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317119436
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Humans, Animals and Biopolitics written by Kristin Asdal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human-animal co-existence is central to a politics of life, how we order societies, and to debates about who ’we’ humans think ’we’ are. In other words, our ways of understanding and ordering human-animal relations have economic and political implications and affect peoples’ everyday lives. By bringing together historically-oriented approaches and contemporary ethnographies which engage with science and technology studies (STS), this book reflects the multi-sited, multi-species, multi-logic and multiple ways in which lives are and have been assembled, disassembled, practised and possibly policed and politicized. Instead of asking only how control and knowledge are and have been extended over life, the chapters in this book also look at what happens when control fails, at practices which defy orders, escape detection, fail to produce or only loosely hang together. In doing so the book problematises and extends the Foucauldian notion of biopolitics that has been such a central analytical concept in studies of human-animal relations and provides a unique resource of cases and theoretical refinements regarding the ways in which we live together with more than human others .

Humans and Other Animals

Author : John Dupré
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199247097
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Humans and Other Animals written by John Dupré and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Dupr explores the ways in which we categorize animals, including humans, and comes to refreshingly radical conclusions. It is a mistake to think that each organism has an essence that determines its necessary place in a unique hierarchy. We should reject the misguided concepts of a universal human nature and normality in human behavior. He shows that we must take a pluralistic view of biology and the human sciences.

Beasts of the Earth

Author : E. Fuller Torrey
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813537894
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Beasts of the Earth written by E. Fuller Torrey and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans have lived in close proximity to other animals for thousands of years. Recent scientific studies have even shown that the presence of animals has a positive effect on our physical and mental health. People with pets typically have lower blood pressure, show fewer symptoms of depression, and tend to get more exercise. But there is a darker side to the relationship between animals and humans. Animals are carriers of harmful infectious agents and the source of a myriad of human diseases. In recent years, the emergence of high-profile illnesses such as AIDS, SARS, West Nile virus, and bird flu has drawn much public attention, but as E. Fuller Torrey and Robert H. Yolken reveal, the transfer of deadly microbes from animals to humans is neither a new nor an easily avoided problem. Beginning with the domestication of farm animals nearly 10,000 years ago, Beasts of the Earth traces the ways that human-animal contact has evolved over time. Today, shared living quarters, overlapping ecosystems, and experimental surgical practices where organs or tissues are transplanted from non-humans into humans continue to open new avenues for the transmission of infectious agents. Other changes in human behavior like increased air travel, automated food processing, and threats of bioterrorism are increasing the contagion factor by transporting microbes further distances and to larger populations in virtually no time at all. While the authors urge that a better understanding of past diseases may help us lessen the severity of some illnesses, they also warn that, given our increasingly crowded planet, it is not a question of if but when and how often animal-transmitted diseases will pose serious challenges to human health in the future.

Animals, Gods and Humans

Author : Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134169159
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Animals, Gods and Humans written by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals are rich and multilayered, and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus expertly examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals. Including study of: biographies of figures such as Apollonus of Tyana; natural history; the New Testament via Gnostic texts; the church fathers; and from pagan and Christian criticism of animal sacrifice, to the acts of martyrs, the source material and detailed analysis included in this volume make it a veritable feast of information for all classicists.

God, Humans, and Animals

Author : Robert N. Wennberg
Publisher : Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780802839756
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book God, Humans, and Animals written by Robert N. Wennberg and published by Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wennberg arrives at his own conclusions through careful interaction with church history, Christian theology, the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, and the best philosophical thought on the moral status of animals. Two compelling case studies - of factory farming and the other of painful animal research are also included."--BOOK JACKET.

Communication in Humans and Other Animals

Author : Gisela Håkansson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027272018
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Communication in Humans and Other Animals by : Gisela Håkansson

Download or read book Communication in Humans and Other Animals written by Gisela Håkansson and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication is a basic behaviour, found across animal species. Human language is often thought of as a unique system, which separates humans from other animals. This textbook serves as a guide to different types of communication, and suggests that each is unique in its own way: human verbal and nonverbal communication, communication in nonhuman primates, in dogs and in birds. Research questions and findings from different perspectives are summarized and integrated to show students similarities and differences in the rich diversity of communicative behaviours. A core topic is how young individuals proceed from not being able to communicate to reaching a state of competent communicators, and the role of adults in this developmental process. Evolutionary aspects are also taken into consideration, and ideas about the evolution of human language are examined. The cross-disciplinary nature of the book makes it useful for courses in linguistics, biology, sociology and psychology, but it is also valuable reading for anyone interested in understanding communicative behaviour.

What If ...

Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1780551177
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book What If ... written by Marianne Taylor and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with fun, incredible and often downright disgusting facts about the animal world, this is a book that will both entertain and educate. With questions like: 'What if people behaved like animals?', 'What if you had pop-up claws?', 'What if you could taste with your feet?' and 'What if your mum puked in your mouth?'. Full of awesome illustrations, this book shows kids the hilarious consequences of animal behaviour in the human world.

Shared Lives of Humans and Animals

Author : Tuomas Räsänen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135185710X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Shared Lives of Humans and Animals written by Tuomas Räsänen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals are conscious beings that form their own perspective regarding the lifeworlds in which they exist, and according to which they act in relation to their species and other animals. In recent decades a thorough transformation in societal research has taken place, as many groups that were previously perceived as being passive or subjugated objects have become active subjects. This fundamental reassessment, first promoted by feminist and radical studies, has subsequently been followed by spatial and material turns that have brought non-human agency to the fore. In human–animal relations, despite a power imbalance, animals are not mere objects but act as agents. They shape our material world and our encounters with them influence the way we think about the world and ourselves. This book focuses on animal agency and interactions between humans and animals. It explores the reciprocity of human–animal relations and the capacity of animals to act and shape human societies. The chapters draw on examples from the Global North to explore how human life in modernity has been and is shaped by the sentience, autonomy, and physicality of various animals, particularly in landscapes where communities and wild animals exist in close proximity. It offers a timely contribution to animal studies, environmental geography, environmental history, and social science and humanities studies of the environment more broadly.

Colonizing Animals

Author : Jonathan Saha
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108997155
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Colonizing Animals written by Jonathan Saha and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals were vital to the British colonization of Myanmar. In this pathbreaking history of British imperialism in Myanmar from the early nineteenth century to 1942, Jonathan Saha argues that animals were impacted and transformed by colonial subjugation. By examining the writings of Burmese nationalists and the experiences of subaltern groups, he also shows how animals were mobilized by Burmese anticolonial activists in opposition to imperial rule. In demonstrating how animals - such as elephants, crocodiles, and rats - were important actors never fully under the control of humans, Saha uncovers a history of how British colonialism transformed ecologies and fostered new relationships with animals in Myanmar. Colonizing Animals introduces the reader to an innovative historical methodology for exploring interspecies relationships in the imperial past, using innovative concepts for studying interspecies empires that draw on postcolonial theory and critical animal studies.

Anthrax in Humans and Animals

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241547537
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Anthrax in Humans and Animals written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of the anthrax guidelines encompasses a systematic review of the extensive new scientific literature and relevant publications up to end 2007 including all the new information that emerged in the 3-4 years after the anthrax letter events. This updated edition provides information on the disease and its importance, its etiology and ecology, and offers guidance on the detection, diagnostic, epidemiology, disinfection and decontamination, treatment and prophylaxis procedures, as well as control and surveillance processes for anthrax in humans and animals. With two rounds of a rigorous peer-review process, it is a relevant source of information for the management of anthrax in humans and animals.

Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals

Author : Henry R. Hermann
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128092955
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals written by Henry R. Hermann and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals: The Great Game of Life examines human nature and the influence of evolution, genetics, chemistry, nurture, and the sociopolitical environment as a way of understanding how and why humans behave in aggressive and dominant ways. The book walks us through aggression in other social species, compares and contrasts human behavior to other animals, and then explores specific human behaviors like bullying, abuse, territoriality murder, and war. The book examines both individual and group aggression in different environments including work, school, and the home. It explores common stressors triggering aggressive behaviors, and how individual personalities can be vulnerable to, or resistant to, these stressors. The book closes with an exploration of the cumulative impact of human aggression and dominance on the natural world. Reviews the influence of evolution, genetics, biochemistry, and nurture on aggression Explores aggression in multiple species, including insects, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals Compares human and animal aggressive and dominant behavior Examines bullying, abuse, territoriality, murder, and war Includes nonaggressive behavior in displays of respect and tolerance Highlights aggression triggers from drugs to stress Discusses individual and group behavior, including organizations and nations Probes dominance and aggression in religion and politics Translates the impact of human behavior over time on the natural world

Humans and Animals: Intersecting Lives and Worlds

Author : Anja Höing
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848884095
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Humans and Animals: Intersecting Lives and Worlds written by Anja Höing and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the non-human animal from the standpoint of various social and cultural constructions from a global and multidisciplinary perspective, this volume seeks to draw attention to the complexity of the underlying issues and the manifold dimensions of the animal-human bond.

Experimenting with Humans and Animals

Author : Anita Guerrini
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801871979
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Experimenting with Humans and Animals written by Anita Guerrini and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-07-02 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethical questions about the use of animals and humans in research remain among the most vexing within both the scientific community and society at large. These often rancorous arguments have gone on, however, with little awareness of their historical antecedents. Experimentation on animals and particularly humans is often assumed to be a uniquely modern phenomenon, but the ideas and attitudes that encourage the biological and medical sciences to experiment on living creatures date from the earliest expression of Western thought. Here, Anita Guerrini looks at the history of these practices from vivisection in ancient Alexandria to present-day battles over animal rights and medical research employing human subjects. Guerrini discusses key historical episodes, including the discovery of blood circulation, the development of smallpox and polio vaccines, and recent AIDS research. She also explores the rise of the antivivisection movement in Victorian England, the modern animal rights movement, and current debates over gene therapy.--From publisher description.