A Cultural History of Animals in the Modern Age

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008Human culture is now more dangerous to nonhuman animals than ever before. The destruction of natural habitats and the killing of animals for food, science, medicine or trophy - sometimes to the point of extinction - is the stuff of newspaper headlines. We live in a time when the idea of an animal''s habitat has almost become irrelevant, except as a historical curiosity, yet also in a time when the public and philosophical acknowledgement of animal rights and environmental ethics is on the rise. Animals are enmeshed in human culture simply because people are so interested in them. Animals remain central to our sense of the natural world. Our pets are often seen as our closest companions through life. At the same time, the last century has seen the use of animals in scientific experimentation and the major changes in industrial-scale animal farming. Never has the relationship between human and non-human animals been more hotly contested. A tural History of Animals in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.>

Product details

• Authors: Randy Malamud
• Assisted by: Randy Malamud (Editor)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9781845203818
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-381-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 257 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Cultural History of Animals (H; The Cultural Histories Series; Cultural History of Animals (H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Animals & society, Social and cultural history, Animals and society