Essays in the book investigate the changing patterns of anthropomorphism across different time periods and settings, as well as their transformative effects, both figuratively and literally, upon animals, humans, and their interactions.4/5. “Anthropomorphism” has long been considered a bad word in science.¹ It carries the stale dust of nineteenth-century anecdotal evidence for the continuity of humans with nonhuman animals. Darwin claims that “there can, I think, be no doubt that a dog feels shame and something very like modesty when begging too often for food.”² But anthropomorphism is neither prima facie bad or necessarily . Thinking with Animals. New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. Edited by Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman. Columbia University Press. Share. Pub Date: October ISBN: Pages. Format: www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.
Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism Lorraine Daston, Gregg Mitman Limited preview - Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism Lorraine Daston, Gregg Mitman No preview available - Common terms and phrases. The contributors to Thinking with Animalsexplore the how and why of anthropomorphism, drawing attention to its rich and varied uses. Prominent scholars in the fields of anthropology, ethology, history, and philosophy, as well as filmmakers and photographers, take a closer look at how deeply and broadly ways of imagining animals have transformed. Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism by Lorraine Daston both figuratively and literally, upon animals, humans, and their interactions. Examining how anthropomorphic thinking "works" in a range of different contexts, contributors reveal the ways in which anthropomorphism turns out to be remarkably useful: it can.
The fascinating complexities and hidden dynamics of our human dance with nonhuman metaphors is what Max Planck Institute director Lorraine Daston and science historian Gregg Mitman explore in Thinking With Animals — a wildly stimulating anthology of essays that began as a workshop at Berlin’s Max Planck Institute for the History of Science held in May of , exploring our metaphor-riddled relationship with animals from a variety of perspectives: philosophical, historical. Essays in the book investigate the changing patterns of anthropomorphism across different time periods and settings, as well as their transformative effects, both figuratively and literally, upon. Thinking with Animals provides a much-needed multidisciplinary and cross-cultural discussion about how we describe, explain, and come to a better understanding of the behavior, minds, and emotional lives of other animals. Anthropomorphism has survived a wide variety of onslaughts and is here to stay. It isn't 'bad' and, when used properly, anthropomorphism can increase our appreciation of animals for who they are - what it is like to be a particular animal - and also aid indesigning future.
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