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Sulla base di numerosi anni di studio dei modelli di comunicazione animale, in questo libro lo scienziato Marc Bekoff si focalizza sulla vita emotiva degli animali. I numerosi studi riportati dimostrano la ricchezza delle emozioni in una vastità di specie. Le emozioni animali non solo ci danno lezioni su amore empatia e compassione, ma ci impongono di rivedere radicalmente il nostro modo di interagire con il mondo animale, sfruttato e dominato dall'uomo per millenni. Bekoff ci presenta una sapiente miscela di gioia, empatia, afflizione, imbarazzo, rabbia e amore espresse dagli animali e riporta i risultati delle più recenti ricerche scientifiche che ne confermano l'esistenza, del resto già evidente a chi ha quotidianamente a che fare con gli animali. L'autore esplora anche l'aspetto evolutivo delle emozioni ed porta all'attenzione del lettore le nuove scoperte sulle strutture cerebrali deputate all'elaborazione delle emozioni, condivise dall'uomo e dagli altri animali, e mette in evidenza il ruolo di tali strutture nello stabilire una continuità evolutiva tra le specie.
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- Pagine: 236
- Data di uscita: 04-08-2014
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The premise of this book is to call for a reassessment of how we view animals and how their emotional lives at least to some point drive their behavior. The author puts forth the belief that animals are thinking, feeling sentient beings as we are. And because they are we need to reassess and change
This was a remarkable and important overview of the emotional lives of animals, what they mean for our worldview and human society. It included some wonderful, touching stories, and some very interesting points. The book was hampered by the lack of a defined structure, but was readable and enjoyable Leggi tutto
This was an excellent book that gives many valuable insights. Don't believe the negative reviews. These are made mostly by non-scientists caught up in the new religion that Science has become. By its very nature, the findings recorded in this book are observational, i.e. of the animals in their norm Leggi tutto
I wouldn't criticize this book for over-reliance on anecdotes, because Bekoff never contends that he is scientifically rigorous in a traditional sense - in fact, he partially rejected accepted scientific method in refusing to perform dissections while still a student. His arguments that animals need Leggi tutto
Most people who read this book probably already have the inclination to respect animals and believe that they experience a myriad of emotions so the author is unfortunately, preaching to the choir. If only the people who really needed to be made aware of the topic of this book would actually pick it Leggi tutto
As a neurobiologist investigating the neural substrates of behavior, I was initially very interested in this book. Despite years of education in neuroscience, I have never satisfactorily been able to discuss animal emotion and have worried that I've approached the issue with an anthropocentric arrog Leggi tutto
Animals have feelings, too! The science confirms it. I had not heard of this book in the original edition, but as an animal lover the description really turned me on, and I looked forward to the “stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love “. As a lover of science, I was als Leggi tutto
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