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The Emotional Lives of Animals
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The Emotional Lives of Animals (2007) (edit title/settings)

A leading scientist explores animal joy, sorrow, and empathy - and why they matter

by Marc Bekoff (Author) (edit contributors)

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Bekoff presents a strong case for the range of emotions that nonhuman animals possess, and why it matters in how we as human treat them. The author's ideas represent a strong break from traditional views on animal behavior.

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Based on Marc Bekoff's years of experience studying the social communication patterns of a wide range of animals, this important book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. Not only can animal emotions teach us about love, empathy, and compassion, argues Bekoff -- they require us to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Based on Marc Bekoff's years of experience studying the social communication patterns of a wide range of animals, this important book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. Not only can animal emotions teach us about love, empathy, and compassion, argues Bekoff -- they require us to radically rethink our current relationship of domination and abuse of animals. Award-winning scientist Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories and anecdotes of animal grief, joy, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that commonsense experience has long implied. The author also explores the evolutionary purposes of emotions in a wide range of different species, showing how science is discovering brain structures that produce emotions, how we can track an evolutionary continuum based on shared brain structures among species, and how new information is being revealed by noninvasive neurological research techniques. Filled with Bekoff's light humor and touching stories, The Emotional Lives of Animals is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view animals and how we treat them.

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Many animals display their feelings openly, publicly, for anyone to see.

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Foreward
Preface: the gift of animal emotions
Acknowledgments
1. The case for animal emotions and why they matter
2. Cognitive ethology: studying animal minds and hearts
3. Beastly passions: what animals feel
4. Wild justice, empathy and fair play: finding honor among beasts
5. Hard questions: answering skeptics and addressing uncertainty in science
6. Ethical choices: what we do with what we know
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the author

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  1. Marc Bekoff (Author) - One of the world's foremost experts on animal emotions, Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Other Contributors:

  1. Jane Goodall (Foreword)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: New World Library
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781577315025
Page Count: 214

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  • Library of Congress: QL785.27 B45 2007
  • Dewey: 591.5

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