{"product_id":"9781498527989","title":"Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEcocritical Theory and Practice\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlmo Farina | Carlo Brentari | Katharine Dow | Martin Drenthen | Annabelle Dufourcq | Peter Gaitsch | Gisela Kaplan | Eva Meijer | Susan M. Rustick | Bronislaw Szerszynski | Mateusz Tokarski | Sebastjan Vörös | Louise Westling | Morten Tønnessen | Kristin Armstrong-Oma | Silver Rattasepp\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Subjects \u0026amp; Themes \/ Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe term “Anthropocene”, the era of mankind, is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch. This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide, and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale. Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene presents a dozen chapters that address the role and place of animals in this epoch characterized by anthropogenic (human-made) environmental change. While some chapters describe our impact on the living conditions of animals, others question conventional ideas about human exceptionalism, and stress the complex cognitive and other abilities of animals. The Anthropocene idea forces us to rethink our relation to nature and to animals, and to critically reflect on our own role and place in the world, as a species. Nature is not what it was. Nor are the lives of animals as they used to be before mankind´s rise to global ecological prominence. Can we eventually learn to live with animals, rather than causing extinction and ecological mayhem?\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorten Tønnessen is associate professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKristin Armstrong Oma is associate professor of archaeology at the department of cultural heritage, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilver Rattasepp is a junior researcher in the Department of Semiotics at University of Tartu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 April 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLexington Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781498527989\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e280\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62308153884812,"sku":"9781498527989","price":46.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a32da58a-42ae-4dd4-bc15-851a994c07a4.jpg?v=1791347306","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781498527989","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}