Animals & society books

This anthology pits those who believe that animals share with humans certain fundamental legal rights against those...  Read More >>

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With killing representing the ultimate expression of human power over animals, this book reveals the complexity...  Read More >>

A child can't be owned, but parents are legally responsible for their child's care. A painting and a dog can be...  Read More >>

Explains the role that animals play in biomedical research and the ways in which scientists, governments, and citizens...  Read More >>

The author of When Elephants Weep reveals startling evidence that barnyard creatures have complex feelings too,...  Read More >>

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This pioneering book looks at the importance of insects to culture. While in the developed West a good deal of time...  Read More >>

Reveals a remarkable range of animal behaviours and makes the case that the ethical treatment of animals is an especially...  Read More >>

Makes the case between the Holocaust and the institutionalised abuse of billions of animals in battery farms. Setting...  Read More >>

In this provocative inquiry into the status of animals in human society from the fifth century BC to the present,...  Read More >>

This volume is groundbreaking in examining Plutarch’s views not only in the context of ancient philosophical and...  Read More >>

This volume is groundbreaking in examining Plutarch’s views not only in the context of ancient philosophical and...  Read More >>

Just as each person develops from infancy to adulthood, all interpersonal relationships have a life history that...  Read More >>

Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty...  Read More >>

Please Don't Eat the Animals is an exciting and provocative new book on the universal benefits of being a vegetarian....  Read More >>

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For many years scientists within human and animal science have extensively discussed the philosophy of medicine,...  Read More >>

Introduces important ideas in animal ethics and builds on a critical dialogue emerging at the intersection of animal...  Read More >>

A respected surgeon and medical doctor, the author investigates the claims and counterclaims concerning experimentation...  Read More >>

Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents is the first-ever comprehensive examination of views of animals in the history...  Read More >>

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""No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect...  Read More >>

Offers a perspective on human-animal relations. This book reveals the ways in which various cultures have reinforced,...  Read More >>

"A issue of ""Anthrozoos"", the journal of the International Society for Anthrozoology - a multi-disciplinary journal...  Read More >>