How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human

How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human
ISBN-10
1786895749
ISBN-13
9781786895745
Category
Social Science
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2021-02-04
Publisher
Canongate Books
Author
Melanie Challenger

Description

Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal offers a radical take on what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle with being animal. Tracing the history of this thinking through to its far-reaching effects on our lives, and drawing on a range of disciplines, Challenger proposes that being an animal is a process, beautiful and unpredictable, and that we have a chance to tell ourselves a new story; to realise that if we matter, so does everything else.

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