Isbn: 9780593543139 - the arrogant ape: the myth of human exceptionalism and why it matters (9 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.81 inches. In Stock.

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Zustand: New. Christine Webb is&nbspan&nbspis an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University, where she is part of the Animal Studies program. She is a broadly trained primatologist with expertise in social behavior, cog.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A New York Times's Notable Book of 2025An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other speciesand ourselvesDarwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us to exploit the earth towards our own exclusive ends, throwing us into a perilous planetary imbalance. But is this view and way of life inevitable The Arrogant Ape shows that human exceptionalism is an ideology that relies more on human culture than our biology, more on delusion and faith than on evidence.Harvard primatologist Christine Webb has spent years researching the rich social, emotional, and cognitive lives of our closest living relatives. She exposes the ways that many scientific studies are biased against other species and reveals underappreciated complexities of nonhuman lifefrom the language of songbirds and prairie dogs, to the cultures of chimpanzees and reef fishes, to the acumen of plants and fungi. With compelling stories and fresh research she gives us a paradigm-shifting way of looking at other organisms on their own terms, one that is revolutionizing our perception both of them and of ourselves.Critiques of human exceptionalism tend to focus on our moral obligation towards other species. They overlook what humanity also stands to gain by dismantling its illusions of uniqueness and superiority. This shift in perspective fills us with a sense of awe and satisfies one of our oldest and deepest desires to belong to the larger whole we inhabit. What's at stake is a better, sustainable way of life with the potential to heal and rejuvenate our shared planet.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. The Arrogant Ape | The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters | Christine Webb | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2025 | Penguin Publishing Group | EAN 9780593543139 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …