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The Resource Beasts : what animals can teach us about the origins of good and evil, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Beasts : what animals can teach us about the origins of good and evil, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
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- Summary
- "There are two supreme predators on the planet with the most complex brains in nature: humans and orcas. In the twentieth century alone, one of these animals killed 200 million members of its own species, the other has killed none. Jeffrey Masson's fascinating new book begins here: There is something different about us. In his previous bestsellers, Masson has showed that animals can teach us much about our own emotions--love (dogs), contentment (cats), grief (elephants), among others. But animals have much to teach us about negative emotions such as anger and aggression as well, and in unexpected ways. In Beasts he demonstrates that the violence we perceive in the "wild" is mostly a matter of projection. We link the basest human behavior to animals, to "beasts" ("he behaved no better than a beast"), and claim the high ground for our species. We are least human, we think, when we succumb to our primitive, animal ancestry. Nothing could be further from the truth. Animals, at least predators, kill to survive, but there is nothing in the annals of animal aggression remotely equivalent to the violence of mankind. Our burden is that humans, and in particular humans in our modern industrialized world, are the most violent animals to our own kind in existence, or possibly ever in existence on earth. We lack what all other animals have: a check on the aggression that would destroy the species rather than serve it. It is here, Masson says, that animals have something to teach us about our own history. In Beasts, he strips away our misconceptions of the creatures we fear, offering a powerful and compelling look at our uniquely human propensity toward aggression"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Contents
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- Can the human species wake up?
- Crocodiles and us
- "The other"
- Conformity
- Cruelty
- War
- Killing
- Hatred
- Exploitation
- Indifference
- Wolves
- Kindness?
- A billion acts of kindness
- Elephant trauma and the promise of a better world
- Appendix I. Human traits unique to us
- Appendix II. Human universals
- Appendix III. Traits humans have in common with other animals
- Appendix IV. Benevolent traits unique to humans
- Appendix V. What humans do to other animals
- Appendix VI. The problem with Pinker on the problem of human violence
- Isbn
- 9781608196159
- Label
- Beasts : what animals can teach us about the origins of good and evil
- Title
- Beasts
- Title remainder
- what animals can teach us about the origins of good and evil
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "There are two supreme predators on the planet with the most complex brains in nature: humans and orcas. In the twentieth century alone, one of these animals killed 200 million members of its own species, the other has killed none. Jeffrey Masson's fascinating new book begins here: There is something different about us. In his previous bestsellers, Masson has showed that animals can teach us much about our own emotions--love (dogs), contentment (cats), grief (elephants), among others. But animals have much to teach us about negative emotions such as anger and aggression as well, and in unexpected ways. In Beasts he demonstrates that the violence we perceive in the "wild" is mostly a matter of projection. We link the basest human behavior to animals, to "beasts" ("he behaved no better than a beast"), and claim the high ground for our species. We are least human, we think, when we succumb to our primitive, animal ancestry. Nothing could be further from the truth. Animals, at least predators, kill to survive, but there is nothing in the annals of animal aggression remotely equivalent to the violence of mankind. Our burden is that humans, and in particular humans in our modern industrialized world, are the most violent animals to our own kind in existence, or possibly ever in existence on earth. We lack what all other animals have: a check on the aggression that would destroy the species rather than serve it. It is here, Masson says, that animals have something to teach us about our own history. In Beasts, he strips away our misconceptions of the creatures we fear, offering a powerful and compelling look at our uniquely human propensity toward aggression"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Masson, J. Moussaieff
- Dewey number
- 591.5/1
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Violence
- Cruelty
- Animal behavior
- Emotions in animals
- Animal psychology
- Ethics, Evolutionary
- Animal behavior
- Animal psychology
- Cruelty
- Emotions in animals
- Violence
- Label
- Beasts : what animals can teach us about the origins of good and evil, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-204) and index
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Contents
- Can the human species wake up? -- Crocodiles and us -- "The other" -- Conformity -- Cruelty -- War -- Killing -- Hatred -- Exploitation -- Indifference -- Wolves -- Kindness? -- A billion acts of kindness -- Elephant trauma and the promise of a better world -- Appendix I. Human traits unique to us -- Appendix II. Human universals -- Appendix III. Traits humans have in common with other animals -- Appendix IV. Benevolent traits unique to humans -- Appendix V. What humans do to other animals -- Appendix VI. The problem with Pinker on the problem of human violence
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608196159
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013034314
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- System control number
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- (OCoLC)827256968
- 664834
- (OCoLC)ocn827256968
- Label
- Beasts : what animals can teach us about the origins of good and evil, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-204) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Can the human species wake up? -- Crocodiles and us -- "The other" -- Conformity -- Cruelty -- War -- Killing -- Hatred -- Exploitation -- Indifference -- Wolves -- Kindness? -- A billion acts of kindness -- Elephant trauma and the promise of a better world -- Appendix I. Human traits unique to us -- Appendix II. Human universals -- Appendix III. Traits humans have in common with other animals -- Appendix IV. Benevolent traits unique to humans -- Appendix V. What humans do to other animals -- Appendix VI. The problem with Pinker on the problem of human violence
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608196159
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013034314
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)827256968
- 664834
- (OCoLC)ocn827256968
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