TY - BOOK ID - 32079473 TI - Animal studies PY - 2013 SN - 9781299456822 1299456820 019996839X 019982701X 0199827036 9780199968398 9780199827015 9780199827039 0199968403 9780199968404 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Animals (Philosophy) KW - Animal welfare KW - Animal behavior KW - Animal rights. KW - Animals KW - Animals, Habits and behavior of KW - Behavior, Animal KW - Ethology KW - Abuse of animals KW - Animal cruelty KW - Animals, Cruelty to KW - Animals, Protection of KW - Animals, Treatment of KW - Cruelty to animals KW - Humane treatment of animals KW - Kindness to animals KW - Mistreatment of animals KW - Neglect of animals KW - Prevention of cruelty to animals KW - Protection of animals KW - Treatment of animals KW - Welfare, Animal KW - Animal liberation KW - Animals' rights KW - Rights of animals KW - Philosophy. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Behavior KW - Abuse of KW - Animal psychology KW - Zoology KW - Ethologists KW - Psychology, Comparative KW - Philosophy KW - Social aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32079473 AB - Human culture values some nonhumans but not others, while human culture as a whole is engaged with an incredibly diverse range of living beings. Animal studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that incorporates scholarship from public policy, sociology, religion, politics, philosophy, and many other fields. In essence, it seeks to understand how humans study and conceive of other-than-human animals, and how these conceptions have changed over time, across cultures, and among various scholarly modes of inquiry. This interdisciplinary introduction to the field boldly and creatively foregrounds the realities of nonhuman animals, as well as the imaginative and ethical faculties that humans must engage to consider our intersection with living beings outside of our species. The field requires both learning and unlearning to develop forms of critical thinking that are scientifically informed and ethically sensitive. This book is a frank assessment of the ways human-centered approaches undermine the core values of the scientific tradition, robust education, and human compassion. Further, it argues that the breadth and depth of thinking and the humility needed to grasp the human-nonhuman intersection has the potential to expand the dualism that currently divides the sciences and humanities. As the first holistic survey of the field, Animal Studies is essential reading for any student of human-animal relationships, and for all people who care about the role nonhuman animals play in our society. ER -