Animals and nature : cultural myths, cultural realities / Rod Preece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preece, Rod, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-animal relationships.

Philosophy of nature.

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for saner human-animal relations." -- From the book Western conceptions of objectivity and individuality have resulted in a readier appreciation of the worth of the animals and nature than has been recognized. This provocative book takes issue with the popular view that the Western cultural tradition, in contrast to Eastern and Aboriginal traditions, has encouraged attitudes of domination and exploitation towards nature, particularly animals. Preece argues that the Western tradition has much to commend it, and that descriptions of Aboriginal and Oriental orientations have often been misleadingly rosy, simplified and codified according to current fashionable concepts. Animals and Nature is the result of six years' intensive study into comparative religion, literature, philosophy, anthropology, mythology and animal welfare science.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 Advocacy Scholarship / 3

2 Beastliness and Brutality / 27

3 Animals All? / 49

4 Rationalism / 73

5 Alienation from Nature / 93

6 From the Great Chain of Being to the Theory of Evolution / 119

7 Aboriginal and Oriental Harmony with Nature / 161

8 Gaea and the Universal Spirit / 221.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-294) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13126-9

9786613131263

0-7748-5220-8

0-585-32351-8

OCLC:

180704198