Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities

Awards:   Short-listed for Raymond Klibansky Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2002 (Canada) Winner of Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 2000 (United States)
Author:   Rod Preece
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:  

9780774807258


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   26 October 2005
Format:   Paperback
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  • Short-listed for Raymond Klibansky Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2002 (Canada)
  • Winner of Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 2000 (United States)

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Author:   Rod Preece
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780774807258


ISBN 10:   0774807253
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   26 October 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Denigration of the West 1 Advocacy Scholarship 2 Beastliness and Brutality 3 Animals All? 4 Rationalism 5 Alienation from Nature 6 From the Great Chain of Being to the Theory of Evolution 7 Aboriginal and Oriental Harmony with Nature 8 Gaea and the Universal Spirit Notes Select Bibliography Index

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No previous book offers nearly the breadth of Preece's erudite multidisciplinary work. A unique and valuable book, strongly recommended. -- W.P. Hogan * Choice * A new and surprising religious target, native Indian spirituality, is discovered in this groundbreaking book by Rod Preece. -- Douglas Todd * Vancouver Sun * An incredibly detailed documentation of western theory and practice of humanity's relationship with nature and especially with animals. -- Diane Baltaz * Canadian Forum * Preece is a scholar of enormous intellect who makes the long-overdue case that western civilization need look no further than its own myths and traditions to justify the ethical treatment of animals. -- Terry Glavin * Georgia Straight *


No previous book offers nearly the breadth of Preece's erudite multidisciplinary work. A unique and valuable book, strongly recommended. -- W.P. Hogan Choice Preece is a scholar of enormous intellect who makes the long-overdue case that western civilization need look no further than its own myths and traditions to justify the ethical treatment of animals. -- Terry Glavin Georgia Straight An incredibly detailed documentation of western theory and practice of humanity's relationship with nature and especially with animals. -- Diane Baltaz Canadian Forum A new and surprising religious target, native Indian spirituality, is discovered in this groundbreaking book by Rod Preece. -- Douglas Todd Vancouver Sun


A new and surprising religious target, native Indian spirituality, is discovered in this groundbreaking book by Rod Preece. -- Douglas Todd Vancouver Sun No previous book offers nearly the breadth of Preece's erudite multidisciplinary work. A unique and valuable book, strongly recommended. -- W.P. Hogan Choice Preece is a scholar of enormous intellect who makes the long-overdue case that western civilization need look no further than its own myths and traditions to justify the ethical treatment of animals. -- Terry Glavin Georgia Straight An incredibly detailed documentation of western theory and practice of humanity's relationship with nature and especially with animals. -- Diane Baltaz Canadian Forum


Author Information

Rod Preece teaches in the Department of Political Science at Wilfried Laurier University. He is the author of Animal Welfare, Human Values and Brute Souls, Happy Beasts, and Evolution (UBC Press, 2005).

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