{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-animals-in-the-modern-age-9781847888228","title":"A Cultural History of Animals in the Modern Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Randy Malamud\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Berg Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Berg Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Animals - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHuman culture is now more dangerous to non-human animals than ever before. The destruction of natural habitats and the killing of animals for food, science, medicine or trophy - sometimes to the point of extinction - is the stuff of newspaper headlines. We live in a time when the idea of an animal's habitat has almost become irrelevant, except as a historical curiosity, yet also in a time when the public and philosophical acknowledgement of animal rights and environmental ethics is on the rise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnimals are enmeshed in human culture simply because people are so interested in them. Animals remain central to our sense of the natural world. Our pets are often seen as our closest companions through life. At the same time, the last century has seen the use of animals in scientific experimentation and major changes in industrial-scale animal farming. Never has the relationship between human and non-human animals been more hotly contested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Animals in the Modern Age\u003c\/i\u003e presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.","brand":"Berg Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47602945818775,"sku":"9781847888228","price":4104.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781847888228.webp?v=1775013621","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-animals-in-the-modern-age-9781847888228","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}