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Description
A study of the complex emotional lives of animals provides fascinating insights into and anecdotes about the existence of animal emotion and offers a compelling analysis of the ways in which humans treat animals. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.
First Sentence
Somewhere in India, a blind river dolphin seeks her companion.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Searching the Heart of the Other
1. In Defense of Emotions
2. Unfeeling Brutes
3. Fear, Hope, and the Terrors of Dreams
4. Love and Friendship
5. Grief, Sadness, and the Bones of Elephants
6. A Capacity for Joy
7. Rage, Dominance, and Cruelty in Peace and War
8. Compassion, Rescue, and the Altruism Debate
9. Shame, Blushing, and Hidden Secrets
10. Beauty, the Bears, and the Setting Sun
11. The Religious Impulse, Justice, and the Inexpressible
Conclusion: Sharing the World with Feeling Creatures
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors
- J. Moussaieff Masson (Author)
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