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When elephants weep : [electronic resource] the emotional lives of animals / Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, and Susan McCarthy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Delacorte Press, 1995.Description: xxiii, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0385314256
  • 9780385314251
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 591.51 20
LOC classification:
  • QL785.27 .M37 1995
Other classification:
  • 77.51
  • 42.66
Online resources:
Contents:
In Defence 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.
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-282) and index.

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

In Defence 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.

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