The others : how animals made us human / Paul Shepard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepard, Paul, 1925-1996.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-animal relationships.

Human ecology.

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1996]

Summary:

"Shepard's book is part metaphysical treatise, part encyclopedia, and part polemic.... What makes it remarkable is his demonstration of the intimacy and detail of human-animal interactions in giving structure and meaning to human life". -- Pacific Discovery

The others is a fascinating and wide-ranging examination of how diverse cultures throughout the ages have thought about, reached to, and interacted with animals.

Until his death in 1996, Paul Shepard was Avery Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology at Pitzer College and the Claremont Graduate School.

Notes:

"A Shearwater book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references ([page 335]-356) and index.

ISBN:

1559634332

OCLC:

32854342