Showing results for "Animal Death" in Social Sciences

An examination of the Scientific Revolution that shows how the mechanistic world view of modern science has sanctioned the exploitation of nature, unrestrained commercial expansion, and a new socioeconomic order that subordinates women...

What do we really know of the intimate-and intense-moments of care, kinship, violence, politics, indifference and desire that occur between human and non-human animals? Built on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the mountain villages of India's Central Himalayas, Radhika Govindrajan's book...

Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares A Penguin Classic For millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate—otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. The Penguin Book of Demons...

In the wake of the Great War, Major Rane Smith finds himself adrift in a sea of ennui, wandering through the breathtaking fjords of Norway in search of spiritual renewal. His journey takes a fateful turn when he discovers the enigmatic, almost elvish home of Karl Ingman, a maverick Ibsen scholar. There, Major Smith encounters Ingmans two captivating daughters and his otherworldly wife, Rosa, leading to deep and transformative conversations that stretch over lazy days. A rare literary treasure, The Death of Society is a striking testament to the post-War era, showcasing Romer Wilsons profound ...