Title Animals and the human imagination : a companion to animal studies / edited by Aaron Gross and Anne Vallely ; foreword by Jonathan Safran Foer and epilogue by Wendy Doniger.

Publication Info.	New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 371 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Other animals across cultures -- part 2. Animal matters : human/animal and the contemporary west -- part 3. Animal others : theorizing animal/human.
Summary	Human beings have long imagined their subjectivity, ethics, and ancestry with and through animals, yet not until the mid-twentieth century did contemporary thought reflect critically on animals' significance in human self-conception. Thinkers such as French philosopher Jacques Derrida, South African novelist J.M. Coetzee, and American theorist Donna Haraway have initiated rigorous inquiries into the question of the animal, now blossoming in a number of directions. It is no longer strange to say that if animals did not exist, we would have to invent them. This interdisciplinary and.
Subject	Human-animal relationships.
	Animals and civilization.
	Animals -- Study and teaching.
	Other (Philosophy)
	Animals -- Public opinion.
	Animals -- Psychological aspects.
	Animal welfare.
	NATURE -- Animals -- General.
	NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
	NATURE -- Animal Rights.
	Animal welfare. (OCoLC)fst00809431
	Animals and civilization. (OCoLC)fst00809565
	Animals -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00809523
	Animals -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst00809525
	Animals -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00809541
	Human-animal relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963482
	Other (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst01048904
Added Author	Gross, Aaron S.
	Vallely, Anne, 1966-
	Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-
	Doniger, Wendy.
Other Form:	Print version: Animals and the human imagination. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012 9780231152969 (DLC) 2011041790 (OCoLC)759923248
ISBN	9780231527767 (electronic bk.)
	0231527764 (electronic bk.)

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