Social Creatures - A Human and Animal Studies Reader

In more than thirty essays, Social Animals examines the role of animals in human society. Collected from a wide range of periodicals and books, these important works of scholarship examine such issues as how animal shelter workers view the pets in their care, why some people hoard animals, animals and women who experience domestic abuse, philosophical and feminist analyses of our moral obligations toward animals, and many other topics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Clif Flynn (Editor), Clifton P. Flynn (Editor), Clifton R. Flynn (Editor)
• Publisher: Lantern Books,US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2008
• EAN: 9781590561232
• ISBN: 978-1-59056-123-2
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 233 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 686 g
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research