Animal Lives and Why They Matter

This book explores the changing ways we view and interact with animals, emphasizing their diversity and the importance of appreciating their role in revealing truths about ourselves and our relationship with the environment. It draws on a range of thought from philosophy, psychology, and anthropology to propose a less destructive approach to our coexistence with animals.

Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 25 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating book delves into the evolving perspectives and interactions between humans and animals, highlighting the remarkable diversity among these creatures. It serves as a poignant invitation to recognize the unique role of animals in revealing profound and often uncomfortable truths about ourselves and our collective destiny. As a result of the ongoing decline of numerous other species, we are heading towards a world that is significantly impoverished in cultural, moral, and biological diversity. Animal Lives and Why They Matter, drawing from a diverse range of thought, including the insights of Midgley, Plumwood, Murdoch, Levinas, Derrida, and Habermas, from ecophilosophers to conservation biologists, explores the origins of our current predicament and proposes an alternative, less destructive approach to our fragile coexistence with animals. Spanning the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, and anthropology, this insightful inquiry into diverse cross-species relationships and encounters appeals to scholars and students across the humanities and social sciences with interests in philosophy, ethics, human-animal interaction, and environmental thought.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032330013