Dialogues on the Human Ape

Laurent Dubreuil is professor of comparative literature, Romance studies, and cognitive science at Cornell University. His many books include The Intellective Space (Minnesota, 2015).
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh was senior scientist at the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary and is co-chair president of the Bonobo Hope initiative.

Summary

A primatologist and a humanist together explore the meaning of being a "human animal"Humanness is typically defined by our capacity for language and abstract thinking. Yet decades of research led by the primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh has shown that chimpanzees and bonobos can acquire human language through signing and technology. Drawing

Product details

• Authors: Laurent Dubreuil, Laurent Savage-Rumbaugh Dubreuil, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781517905644
• ISBN: 978-1-5179-0564-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: PostHumanities; Posthumanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous