In the Company of Animals: A Study of Human-Animal RelationshipsCambridge University Press, 13 ago 1996 - 283 pagine What purpose, if any, do pets really serve? Are they simply an outlet for misplaced love? Or four-legged friends who help us to satisfy vital emotional needs? Whatever they are, when we elevate pets to the status of social companions, we undermine the distinction between human and non-human. In other words, pets force us to confront the moral contradictions inherent in our treatment of animals in general. Pursuing this idea to its logical conclusion, the author uncovers a fascinating and disturbing trail of myths, evasions and double standards which humans have used since earliest times to justify their subjugation of nature and other life forms. Through an exploration of the phenomenon of pet-keeping across history and between cultures, this thought-provoking study reassesses our relationships with animals and the natural world. This new edition of In the Company of Animals has been substantially revised and updated to take into account developments in research since the first edition was published in 1986. |
Sommario
Of pigs and pets | 3 |
THE CASE AGAINST PETS | 21 |
Substitutes for people | 23 |
Instruments of follie | 43 |
Pets in tribal societies | 60 |
A cuckoo in the nest | 73 |
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW | 87 |
Pets as panacea | 89 |
Fourlegged friends | 125 |
EXPLOITATION AND SYMPATHY A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS | 145 |
The myth of human supremacy | 147 |
Killer with a conscience | 169 |
The fall from grace | 212 |
Notes | 237 |
Bibliography | 252 |
| 277 | |
Parole e frasi comuni
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