Humans and other animals / edited by Arien Mack ; foreword by Marc Bekoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mack, Arien.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

xv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Ohio State University Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 1999.

Contents:

Categories

Aristotle, the Scale of Nature, and Modern Attitudes to Animals / Juliet Clutton-Brock 5

A Taxonomy of Knowing: Animals Captive, Free-Ranging, and at Liberty / Vicki Hearne 25

"I Named Them As They Passed": Kinds of Animals and Humankind / John Hollander 41

Histories

Border Trouble: Shifting the Line between People and Other Animals / Harriet Ritvo 67

The Spotted Hyena from Aristotle to the Lion King: Reputation Is Everything / Stephen E. Glickman 87

Animals and the Law: Property, Cruelty, Rights / Jerrold Tannenbaum 125

Keynote Address / Stephen Jay Gould 195

Representations

Fabling Beasts: Traces in Memory / Nicholas Howe 229

Authored Animals: Creature Tropes in Native American Fiction / Gerald Vizenor 249

Sameness and Difference

Animal Consciousness: What Matters and Why / Daniel C. Dennett 281

Primate Language and Cognition: Common Ground / Duane Rumbaugh 301

Animal Minds, Animal Morality / Colin McGinn 321

Everyday Life

The Mythology of Masquerading Animals, or, Bestiality / Wendy Doniger 343

Hunting and Humanity in Western Thought / Matt Cartmill 365

Scientists and Animal Research: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? / Andrew N. Rowan 379

A Consideration of Policy Implications: A Panel Discussion 393

/ Vicki Croke 394

/ Colin McGinn 396

/ Joy Mench 399

/ J. Anthony Movshon 406

/ John G. Robinson 408

/ James Serpell 413

/ Kenneth J. Shapiro 419

/ Nicholas Wade 427.

Notes:

"Originally published 1995 as a special issue of Social research entitled In the company of animals"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814208177

0814250173

OCLC:

39890322