Dance of the Arabian Babbler - Birth of an Ethological Theory

Informationen zum Autor Vinciane Despret is a philosopher and psychologist who has published on the relation between the human and the animal. Her most recent books include What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions? (Minnesota, 2016), Au Bonheur des Morts, and Habiter en Oiseau.jeffrey bussolini is associate professor of sociology and anthropology at the City University of New York and codirector of the Center for Feline Studies. She is coeditor of The Philosophical Ethology of Vinciane Despret. Klappentext "Embedding herself in the field alongside ethologists in the Negev desert, Vinciane Despret reflects on scientists' processes of constructing theories within the milieu of the animals they study"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgmentsTranslator’s Introductionjeffrey bussoliniIntroductionPart I. The Ethological Debates1. The Theoretical Context: The Two Paradoxes of the Theory of EvolutionAltruismSexual Selection2.  Rituals Between Altruism and Reproductive FunctionPart II. The Dance of the Babbler3. The Arabian Babbler4. Models and Methods: Outline of a Field Study5. Narratives and Metaphors6. Models and FictionsConclusionsNotes

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• Authors: Vinciane Despret, Vinciane/ Bussolini Despret
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Bussolini (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.2021
• EAN: 9781517911522
• ISBN: 978-1-5179-1152-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Univocal
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories