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Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene

Edited by Morten Tønnessen, Edited by Kristin Armstrong Oma, Edited by Silver Rattasepp, Contributions by Almo Farina, Contributions by Carlo Brentari, Contributions by Katharine Dow, Contributions by Martin Drenthen, Contributions by Annabelle Dufourcq, Contributions by Peter Gaitsch, Contributions by Gisela Kaplan

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The term “Anthropocene”, the era of mankind, is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch. This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide, and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale. Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene presents a dozen chapters that address the role and place of animals in this epoch characterized by anthropogenic (human-made) environmental change. While some chapters describe our impact on the living conditions of animals, others question conventional ideas about human exceptionalism, and stress the complex cognitive and other abilities of animals. The Anthropocene idea forces us to rethink our relation to nature and to animals, and to critically reflect on our own role and place in the world, as a species. Nature is not what it was. Nor are the lives of animals as they used to be before mankind´s rise to global ecological prominence. Can we eventually learn to live with animals, rather than causing extinction and ecological mayhem?

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published date | 13 Apr 2016
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 272
Dimensions | 240 x 162 x 26mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 585g
ISBN | 978-1-4985-2796-5
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BISAC | social science / general


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