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Item Details
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ANIMALS AND NATURE
CULTURAL MYTHS, CULTURAL REALITIES |
| By: |
Rod Preece |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774807253 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774807258 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 October, 2005 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
"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 |
| Synopsis: |
"No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for otherspecies. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for sanerhuman-animal relations." -- From the bookWestern conceptions of objectivity and individuality have resultedin a readier appreciation of the worth of the animals and nature thanhas been recognized. This provocative book takes issue with the popularview that the Western cultural tradition, in contrast to Eastern andAboriginal traditions, has encouraged attitudes of domination andexploitation towards nature, particularly animals.Preece argues that the Western tradition has much to commend it, andthat descriptions of Aboriginal and Oriental orientations have oftenbeen misleadingly rosy, simplified and codified according to currentfashionable concepts.Animals and Nature is the result of six years'intensive study into comparative religion, literature, philosophy,anthropology, mythology and animal welfare science. |
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Canada |
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University of British Columbia Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 2000 (United States)
Short-listed for Raymond Klibansky Prize, Canadian Federation for the |
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Returnable |
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