{"product_id":"critical-terms-for-animal-studies-9780226355429","title":"Critical Terms for Animal Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lori Gruen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Sciences - Zoology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimal Studies is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field devoted to examining, understanding, and critically evaluating the complex relationships between humans and \u003cbr\u003e other animals. Scholarship in Animal Studies draws on a variety of methodologies to explore these multi-faceted relationships in order to help us understand the ways in which other animals figure in our lives and we in theirs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bringing together the work of a group of internationally distinguished scholars, the contribution in \u003ci\u003eCritical Terms for Animal Studies\u003c\/i\u003e offers distinct voices and diverse perspectives, exploring significant concepts and asking important questions. How do we take non-human animals seriously, not simply as metaphors for human endeavors, but as subjects themselves? What do we mean by \u003ci\u003eanthropocentrism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecaptivity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eempathy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003esanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003evulnerability\u003c\/i\u003e, and what work do these and other critical terms do in Animal Studies? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sure to become an indispensable reference for the field, \u003ci\u003eCritical Terms for Animal Studies\u003c\/i\u003e not only provides a framework for thinking about animals as subjects of their own experiences, but also serves as a touchstone to help us think differently about our conceptions of what it means to be human, and the impact human activities have on the more than human world.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45029417058455,"sku":"9780226355429","price":3117.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226355429.webp?v=1769203851","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/critical-terms-for-animal-studies-9780226355429","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}