What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions? - Despret Vinciane
What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions? - Despret Vinciane "You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don't mean science fiction, or false stories…
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What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions? - Despret Vinciane
"You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don't mean science fiction, or false stories about science, but, on the contrary, true ways of understanding how difficult it is to figure out what animals are up to." --Bruno Latour, form the ForewordIs it all right to urinate in front of animals? Do apes really know how to ape? What does it mean when a monkey throws its feces at you?
Are they the new celebrities of the twenty-first century? Do animals form same-sex relations? This book poses twenty-six such questions that stretch our preconceived ideas about what animals do, what they think about, and what they want.In a delightful abecedarium of twenty-six chapters, Vinciane Despret argues that behaviors we identify as separating humans from animals do not actually properly belong to humans.
She does so by exploring incredible and often funny
What Would the Aunties Say?
What would happen if..?
What if its Right?
What would have happened if..?
What We Say Matters
WHAT SOUNDS RIGHT BABY ANIMALS
Wish We Knew What to Say
We the Animals