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When elephants weep : the emotional lives of animals. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextNew York, New York : Delta, 1996Description: xxiii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0385314280
  • 9780385314282
Other title:
  • Emotional lives of animals
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QL 785.27 .M388 1996
Contents:
Searching the heart of the order -- In defense of emotions -- Unfeeling brutes -- Fear, hope, and the terrors of dreams -- Love and friendship -- Grief, sadness, and the bones of elephants -- A capacity for joy -- Rage, dominance, and cruelty in peace and war -- Compassion, rescue, and the altruism debate -- Shame, blushing, and hidden secrets -- Beauty, the bears, and the setting sun -- The religious impulse, justice, and the inexpressible -- Sharing the world with feeling creatures.
Summary: Offers evidence of emotions throughout the animal kingdom and evaluates humans' treatment of animals--from hunting to eating them--in light of this discovery.
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Reprint. Originally published by Delacorte Press.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-282) and index.

Searching the heart of the order -- In defense of emotions -- Unfeeling brutes -- Fear, hope, and the terrors of dreams -- Love and friendship -- Grief, sadness, and the bones of elephants -- A capacity for joy -- Rage, dominance, and cruelty in peace and war -- Compassion, rescue, and the altruism debate -- Shame, blushing, and hidden secrets -- Beauty, the bears, and the setting sun -- The religious impulse, justice, and the inexpressible -- Sharing the world with feeling creatures.

Offers evidence of emotions throughout the animal kingdom and evaluates humans' treatment of animals--from hunting to eating them--in light of this discovery.

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