Living Beings: Perspectives on Interspecies Engagements (ASA Monographs)

Synopsis

Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs or creativity. In contrast, the international case studies in this volume dissect views based on hierarchical oppositions between human and other living beings. Although human practices may sometimes appear to exist in a realm beyond nature, they are nevertheless subject to the pull of natural forces. These forces may be brought into prominence through a consideration of the interactions between human beings and other inhabitants of the natural world.The interplay in this book between social anthropologists, philosophers and artists cuts across species divisions to examine the experiential dimensions of interspecies engagements. In ethnographically and/or historically contextualized chapters, contributors examine the juxtaposition of human and other living beings in the light of themes such as wildlife safaris, violence, difference, mimicry, simulation, spiritual renewal, dress and language.

Copyright:

2013

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

216 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000182989

Related ISBNs:

9781003085881, 9780857858412, 9780857858412, 9780857858429, 9780857858429, 9780857858429, 9780857858412, 9781003085881

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/08/20

Copyrighted By:

N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Philosophy, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Penelope Dransart