When Elephants Weep: Emotional Lives of Animals
Author(s): Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Arguments that animals possess an emotional life are often dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. This book challenges that notion by proposing that the objective scientific evidence for human emotions is all but non-existent.
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From dancing squirrels to bashful gorillas and spiteful killer whales, When Elephants Weep fascinates, provokes and will change the way you think about animals
"Powerful stuff... Accessible and entertaining" Guardian "A masterpiece... The most comprehensive and compelling argument for animal sensibility that I've yet seen" -- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas "A powerful case for re-examining our entire relationship with the animal world" -- Brian Jackman The Times "Among animal experts, When Elephants Weep is being hailed as a milestone in the battle to make man understand he is only one member of an enormous family" -- George Gordon Daily Mail
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Vintage
- : 0.195
- : 01 December 1995
- : 198mm X 130mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 272
- : New edition
- : Paperback
- : Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
