Awe for the tiger, love for the lamb : a chronicle of sensibility to animals / Rod Preece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preece, Rod, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Human-animal relationships.

Animals and civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In our modern world, where human will routinely presides over the natural world, it is easy to imagine that sensibility to animals has been merely a matter of peripheral concern in human history. Rod Preece, in this impressively researched volume, demonstrates that, on the contrary, respect for animals has always been a part of human consciousness. Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb brings together the most significant statements of sensibility to animals in the history of thought. Each chapter begins with an introduction that explains the significance of the passages, and relates them to each other culturally, historically, and philosophically. Myth, religion, literature, philosophy, and parliamentary debates are all represented in this compendium whose time frame stretches from the early days of recorded human history to the beginning of the twentieth century. This unique book will be welcomed by scholars interested in animal studies and the history of ideas, as well as those with a concern for animal life.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Animals in Myth and Religion

The Classical World

The Dark Ages

The Renaissance

The Enlightenment

The Utilitarian and Romantic Age

The Legislative Era

The Darwinian Age

Postscript: The Ensuing Years

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12978-7

9786613129789

0-7748-5033-7

OCLC:

70773508