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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782027703321

Autore

Irvine Leslie

Titolo

If you tame me [[electronic resource] ] : understanding our connection with animals / / Leslie Irvine ; foreword by Marc Bekoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-58189-9

9786612581892

1-59213-791-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Animals, culture, and society

Disciplina

636.7/0887

Soggetti

Dogs - Behavior

Cats - Behavior

Dogs - Psychology

Cats - Psychology

Human-animal relationships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 How and Why; 2 Them and Us; 3 From Pets to Companion Animals; 4 Looking at Animals/Glimpses of Selves; 5 The Adopters: Making a Match; 6 Rethinking the Self: Mead's Myopia; 7 Self versus Other: The Core Self; 8 Self with Other: Intersubjectivity; Conclusion: Putting Theory into Practice; Appendix: Methods; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nearly everyone who cares about them believes that dogs and cats have a sense of self that renders them unique. Traditional science and philosophy declare such notions about our pets to be irrational and anthropomorphic. Animals, they say, have only the crudest form of thought and no sense of self at all. Leslie Irvine's If You Tame Me challenges these entrenched views by demonstrating that our experience of animals and their behavior tells a different story. Dogs and cats have been significant elements in human history and valued members of our households for centuries. Why do we