Images of Animals: Anthropomorphism and Animal Mind (Animals, Culture, and Society Series)

Rating:
Summary: Insightful treatment of crucial social and scientificissues.
Review: I had the opportunity to read this book in manuscript form. Its treatment of the ethical and scientific diemensions of animal behavior is crucial for anyone wanting a better understanding of the values underlying contemporary culture generally, and of the practice and conceptualization of science in particular. Professor Crist's critical inquiry into "animal mind" is thought-provoking and timely in an era when homo sapiens are as "endangered" by unsustainable conceptualizations of "nature" as their more "wild" bretheren.

Rating:
Summary: Insightful treatment of crucial social and scientificissues.
Review: I had the opportunity to read this book in manuscript form. Its treatment of the ethical and scientific diemensions of animal behavior is crucial for anyone wanting a better understanding of the values underlying contemporary culture generally, and of the practice and conceptualization of science in particular. Professor Crist's critical inquiry into "animal mind" is thought-provoking and timely in an era when homo sapiens are as "endangered" by unsustainable conceptualizations of "nature" as their more "wild" bretheren.