TY - BOOK ID - 77934753 TI - Animals and agency : an interdisciplinary exploration AU - McFarland, Sarah E. AU - Hediger, Ryan. PY - 2009 SN - 1282401300 9786612401305 9047429249 9789047429241 9789004175808 9004175806 9781282401303 6612401303 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Animal welfare. KW - Agent (Philosophy) KW - Abuse of animals KW - Animal cruelty KW - Animals 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 - Agency (Philosophy) KW - Agents KW - Person (Philosophy) KW - Act (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy KW - Abuse of KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77934753 AB - While many scholars who write about animals deal with animal agency in some way, this volume is the first to position the question of nonhuman agency as the primary focus of inquiry. Section I presents studies of actual animals demonstrating agency; Section II moves agency into new terrain while considering key representations of animal agency in literature; Section III analyzes animals as mediators and as conveyances of human-to-human communication;and Section IV investigates the agency of beings who defy conventional species categories. The Envoi demonstrates how the microscopic polyp is interwoven into notions of agency and mythical superagency. This volume's interdisciplinary explorations press hard on issues of agency to open up space for more questions about how we can understand relationships between the human and the nonhuman. ER -