Thinking Animals
Download or Read eBook Thinking Animals PDF written by Paul Shepard and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Paul Shepard |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0820319821 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780820319827 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Thinking Animals by : Paul Shepard
Book excerpt: In a world increasingly dominated by human beings, the survival of other species becomes more and more questionable. In this brilliant book, Paul Shepard offers a provocative alternative to an "us or them" mentality, proposing that other species are integral to humanity's evolution and exist at the core of our imagination. This trait, he argues, compels us to think of animals in order to be human. Without other living species by which to measure ourselves, Shepard warns, we would be less mature, care less for and be more careless of all life, including our own kind.