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1 online resource (xvi, 188 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-182) and index. |
| Contents |
Dogs and light -- Back talking like I did -- They killed my dog -- Dead dogs -- Speaking about extinction -- Fable for the end of a breed -- Through the eyes of dogs -- If I sense the beauty. |
| Summary |
In this original and provocative book, Colin Dayan tackles head-on the inexhaustible world, at once tender and fierce, of dogs and humans. We follow the tracks of dogs in the bayous of Louisiana, the streets of Istanbul, and the humane societies of the United States, and in the memories and myths of the humans who love them. Dayan reorients our ethical and political assumptions through a trans-species engagement that risks as much as it promises. She makes a powerful case for questioning what we think of as our deepest-held beliefs and, with dogs in the lead, unsettles the dubious promises of liberal humanism. Moving seamlessly between memoir, case law, and film, Dayan takes politics and animal studies in a new direction-one that gives us glimpses of how we can think beyond ourselves and with other beings. Her unconventional perspective raises hard questions and renews what it means for any animal or human to live in the twenty-first century. Nothing less than a challenge for us to confront violence and suffering even in the privileged precincts of modernity, this searing and lyrical book calls for another way to think the world. Theoretically sophisticated yet aimed at a broad readership, With Dogs at the Edge of Life illuminates how dogs-and their struggles-take us beyond sentimentality and into a form of thought that can make a difference to our lives. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dog owners -- Psychology.
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Dog owners -- Psychology. |
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Dogs -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Dogs -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Dogs. |
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Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Animal welfare -- United States.
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Animal welfare. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dayan, Colin. With dogs at the edge of life. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] 9780231167123 (DLC) 2015020789 (OCoLC)921821636 |
| ISBN |
9780231540742 electronic book |
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0231540744 electronic book |
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9780231167123 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0231167121 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Music No. |
EB00640456 Recorded Books |
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