Between light and storm : how we live with other species
Abstract:
Beginning with the very origins of life on Earth, Woolfson considers prehistoric 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.
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Author:
Woolfson, Esther, author.
Author, for Grouping:
Woolfson, Esther,
Availability:
Sierra Vista Public Library~1
Contents:
Beginnings -- Sharing a planet -- A thing apart -- Souls -- Blood -- Rights -- The museum -- Tradition -- The hunt -- The coat -- What is love?
Database Key:
u647019
Document ID:
SD_ILS:647019
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Author:
Woolfson, Esther, author.
First Subject value, for Searching:
Human-animal relationships.
Title:
Between light and storm : how we live with other species
Format:
Book
ISBN:
9781639362769
Language:
English
Number Available:
1
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Physical Description:
358 pages ; 24 cm
Preferred Shelf Number:
599.938 WOO
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Date as Range:
2022
Relevance Sort Field:
2022
Reverse Author:
Esther, author. Woolfson
Subject:
Human-animal relationships. |
Animal rights. |
Animals in art. |
Subsequent Subject values, for Searching:
Animal rights.
Animals in art.
Summary:
Beginning with the very origins of life on Earth, Woolfson considers prehistoric 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.
Title:
Between light and storm : how we live with other species
Title, for Grouping:
Between light and storm :