Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene, 1st Edition eBook

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The term “Anthropocene”, the era of mankind, is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch. This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide, and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale. Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene presents a dozen chapters that address the role and place of animals in this epoch characterized by anthropogenic (human-made) environmental change. While some chapters describe our impact on the living conditions of animals, others question conventional ideas about human exceptionalism, and stress the complex cognitive and other abilities of animals. The Anthropocene idea forces us to rethink our relation to nature and to animals, and to critically reflect on our own role and place in the world, as a species. Nature is not what it was. Nor are the lives of animals as they used to be before mankind´s rise to global ecological prominence. Can we eventually learn to live with animals, rather than causing extinction and ecological mayhem?

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Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene 1st Edition is written by Morten Tønnessen and published by Lexington Books. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene are 9781498527972, 1498527973 and the print ISBNs are 9781498527989, 1498527981. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781498527965.