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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798386503321

Autore

Despret Vinciane

Titolo

What would animals say if we asked the right questions? / / Vinciane Despret ; translated by Brett Buchanan ; foreword by Bruno Latour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4529-5053-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Posthumanities ; ; 38

Disciplina

591.5

Soggetti

Animal behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: The Scientific Fables of an Empirical La Fontaine Bruno Latour; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Translator's Note; A for Artists: Stupid like a painter?; B for Beasts: Do apes really ape?; C for Corporeal: Is it all right to urinate in front of animals?; D for Delinquents: Can animals revolt?; E for Exhibitionists: Do animals see themselves as we see them?; F for Fabricating Science: Do animals have a sense of prestige?; G for Genius: With whom would extraterrestrials want to negotiate?

H for Hierarchies: Might the dominance of males be a myth?I for Impaired: Are animals reliable models of morality?; J for Justice: Can animals compromise?; K for Killable: Are any species killable?; L for Laboratory: What are rats interested in during experiments?; M for Magpies: How can we interest elephants in mirrors?; N for Necessity: Can one lead a rat to infanticide?; O for Oeuvres: Do birds make art?; P for Pretenders: Can deception be proof of good manners?; Q for Queer: Are penguins coming out of the closet?; R for Reaction: Do goats agree with statistics?

S for Separations: Can animals be broken down?T for Tying Knots: Who invented language and mathematics?; U for Umwelt: Do beasts know ways of being in the world?; V for Versions: Do chimpanzees die like we do?; W for Work: Why do we say that cows don't do anything?; X for Xenografts: Can one live with the heart of a pig?; Y for YouTube: Are



animals the new celebrities?; Z for Zoophilia: Can horses consent?; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z