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How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human
Melanie Challenger
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Description for How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human
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Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves?
How to Be Animal writes a remarkable story of what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle with being animal. As well as piecing together the mystery of how this psychology evolved, this book examines its wide-reaching effects on our lives, from our politics to the ways we distance ourselves from other species. We travel from the origins of Homo sapiens through the agrarian and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786895738
SKU
V9781786895738
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About Melanie Challenger
Melanie Challenger works as a researcher on the history of humanity and the natural world, and environmental philosophy. She is the author of On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature. She received a Darwin Now Award for her research in the Canadian Arctic, and the Arts Council International Fellowship with the British Antarctic Survey for her work on the ... Read more
Reviews for How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human
The best critique of the myth of human exceptionalism I have read. Clearly and beautifully written, compellingly argued and packed with powerful and moving stories, it shows how the fact that we humans are animals has been denied and repressed, with profoundly damaging consequences for the way we live and for the planet. But this brilliant book is not only ... Read more