Human Minds and Animal Stories: How Narratives Make Us Care About Other Species (Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment)
$75.00 Original price was: $75.00.$8.00Current price is: $8.00.
Human Minds and Animal Stories: How Narratives Make Us Care About Other Species (Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment), Mary Menton, 9780367661960
In stock
The power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, activists, and writers, including such greats as Thomas Hardy and Leo Tolstoy. This is the first book to investigate that power and explain the psychological and cultural mechanisms behind it. It does so by presenting the results of an experimental project that involved thousands of participants, texts representing various genres and national literatures, and the cooperation of an internationally-acclaimed bestselling author. Combining psychological research with insights from animal studies, ecocriticism and other fields in the environmental humanities, the book not only provides evidence that animal stories can make us care for other species, but also shows that their effects are more complex and fascinating than we have ever thought. In this way, the book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the study of relations between literature and the nonhuman world as well as to the study of how literature changes our minds and society. “As witnessed by novels like Black Beauty and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a good story can move public opinion on contentious social issues. In Human Minds and Animal Stories a team of specialists in psychology, biology, and literature tells how they discovered the power of narratives to shift our views about the treatment of other species. Beautifully written and based on dozens of experiments with thousands of subjects, this book will appeal to animal advocates, researchers, and general readers looking for a compelling real-life detective story.” – Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat : Why It’s So Hard To Think Straight About Animals
ISBN | |
---|---|
Page Number | |
Author | |
Publisher |
Related Products
-
Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
Simin Davoudi$108.00Original price was: $108.00.$15.00Current price is: $15.00. -
Climate Change in Southeast Asia and Surrounding Areas (Springer Climate)
Ranjith Dissanayake$68.00Original price was: $68.00.$10.00Current price is: $10.00. -
Visualization Techniques for Climate Change with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Philippa D. Darbre$125.00Original price was: $125.00.$14.00Current price is: $14.00. -
Permafrost Hydrology
Ulrike Probstl$64.00Original price was: $64.00.$10.00Current price is: $10.00. -
Current Trends in Civil Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRACE 2020 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering)
Ranjith Dissanayake$83.00Original price was: $83.00.$10.00Current price is: $10.00. -
Optical Properties and Remote Sensing of Multicomponental Water Bodies (Springer Praxis Books / Marine Science and Coastal Management)
Elmar Altvater$33.00Original price was: $33.00.$17.00Current price is: $17.00.