What is an Animal?, Volume 13Tim Ingold A unique interdisciplinary challenge to assumptions about animals and animality deeply embedded in our own ways of thought, exposing sensitive and largely unexplored aspects of the understanding of our common humanity.This book offers a unique interdisciplinary challenge to assumptions about animals and animality deeply embedded in our own ways of thought, and at the same time exposes highly sensitive and largely unexplored aspects of the understanding of our common humanity. |
Contents
Is humanity a natural kind? Stephen R L Clark | 17 |
Beasts brutes and monsters Mary Midgley | 35 |
Animality humanity morality society Richard L Tapper | 47 |
Animal in biological and semiotic perspective Thomas A Sebeok | 63 |
Animals attitudes to people Jennie | 77 |
The animal in the study of humanity Tim Ingold | 84 |
social science from | 110 |
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