Pets / / Erica Fudge
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| Autore: |
Fudge Erica
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| Titolo: |
Pets / / Erica Fudge
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (128 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 636.0887 |
| Soggetto topico: | Pet owners - Psychology |
| Human-animal relationships | |
| Pets - Social aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2008 by Acumen. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Living with pets; 3. Thinking with pets; 4. Being with pets; 5. Conclusion; Further reading; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 'When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?' - Michel de Montaigne. Why do we live with pets? Is there something more to our relationship with them than simply companionship? What is it we look for in our pets and what does this say about us as human beings? In this fascinating book, Erica Fudge explores the nature of this most complex of relationships and the difficulties of knowing what it is that one is living with when one chooses to share a home with an animal. Fudge argues that our capacity for compassion and ability to live alongside others i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pets |
| ISBN: | 1-317-48854-7 |
| 1-315-71030-7 | |
| 1-282-94743-5 | |
| 9786612947438 | |
| 1-84465-425-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460123203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Art of living series (Acumen Publishing)