Living Beings

Perspectives on Interspecies Engagements

Penelope Dransart

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English

Berg Publishers
19 December 2013

Philosophy of religion; Animals & society; Social & cultural anthropology; Physical anthropology & ethnography; Animal ecology

Series: ASA Monographs

Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.

Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs or creativity. In contrast, the international case studies in this volume dissect views based on hierarchical oppositions between human and other living beings. Although human practices may sometimes appear to exist in a realm beyond nature, they are nevertheless subject to the pull of natural forces. These forces may be brought into prominence through a consideration of the interactions between human beings and other inhabitants of the natural world.

The interplay in this book between social anthropologists, philosophers and artists cuts across species divisions to examine the experiential dimensions of interspecies engagements. In ethnographically and/or historically contextualized chapters, contributors examine the juxtaposition of human and other living beings in the light of themes such as wildlife safaris, violence, difference, mimicry, simulation, spiritual renewal, dress and language.

Edited by: Penelope Dransart
Imprint: Berg Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9780857858412
ISBN 10: 0857858416
Series: ASA Monographs
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 19 December 2013
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Penelope Dransart is Reader in Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK.

Reviews for Living Beings: Perspectives on Interspecies Engagements

Living Beings offers a lot to think about, even if some of its essays touch the question of animals and plants only rather obliquely. It is hardly the final or definitive word on the subject of human relationality with nonhuman species, but it indicates a serious and growing emphasis on the subject, and it shows that anthropology as well as other disciplines still have contributions to make. -Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database