Second nature : the inner lives of animals / Jonathan Balcombe ; foreword by J.M. Coetzee.

By:

Balcombe, Jonathan P

Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Edition: 1st Palgrave Macmillan trade pbk. edDescription: xiv, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780230613621
0230613624

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DDC classification:

591.5 22

LOC classification:

QL791 .B26 2011

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Contents:

Experience. Introduction ; Tuning in : animal sensitivity ; Getting it : intelligence ; With feeling : emotions ; Knowing it : awareness -- Coexistence. Communicating ; Getting along : sociability ; Being nice : virtue -- Emergence. Rethinking cruel nature ; Homo fallible ; The new humanity.

Summary: Jonathan Balcombe, animal behaviorist and author of the critically acclaimed "Pleasurable Kingdom," draws on the latest research, observational studies and personal anecdotes to reveal the full gamut of animal experience--from emotions, to problem solving, to moral judgment, while at the same time challenging the widely held idea that nature is red in tooth and claw and highlighting animal traits we have disregarded until now.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	QL791 .B26 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001158046

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-230) and index.

Jonathan Balcombe, animal behaviorist and author of the critically acclaimed "Pleasurable Kingdom," draws on the latest research, observational studies and personal anecdotes to reveal the full gamut of animal experience--from emotions, to problem solving, to moral judgment, while at the same time challenging the widely held idea that nature is red in tooth and claw and highlighting animal traits we have disregarded until now.

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