Kindred Spirits (eBook)

One Animal Family

Anne Benvenuti (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
264 Seiten
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-5956-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In Kindred Spirits, Anne Benvenuti visits with individuals and groups working in animal conservation, rescue, and sanctuary programs around the world. We meet not only cats and dogs but also ravens, elephants, cheetahs, whales, farm and circus animals, monkeys, even bees. A psychologist and storyteller, Benvenuti focuses on moments of transformative contact between humans and other animals, portraying vividly the resulting ripples that change the lives of both animals and humans. Noting that we are all biologically members of one animal family, she expertly weaves emergent understandings of animal and human neurobiology, showing that the ways in which other animals feel and think are actually similar to humans. Love, grief, rage, sadness, curiosity, play: these are shared by us all, a key insight of affective neuroscience that informs Benvenutis perceptions of human-animal relationships. She effortlessly drops clues to understanding human motivation and behavior into her narratives, and points to ways in which we all-other animals and humans alike-must come up with creative responses to problems such as climate change. As we travel with her to both backyard and far-flung locations, we experience again and again the surprising fact that other animals reach back to us, with curiosity, interest, even care. Benvenuti writes for the animal-loving public but also for anyone who loves a good story, or is interested in ecology, animal welfare, psychology, or philosophy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Animal Voices / Animal Worlds Ser.
• Reihe/Serie: Animal Voices / Animal Worlds Ser.
• Zusatzinfo: 12 color images
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: animal rescue • animal sanctuary • Animal welfare • domestication • Interspecies • Pets • Wildness
• ISBN-10: 0-8203-5956-4 / 0820359564
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5956-4 / 9780820359564