The Dance of the Arabian Babbler: Birth of an Ethological Theory by Despret, Vinciane

The Dance of the Arabian Babbler: Birth of an Ethological Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517911522)

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The Dance of the Arabian Babbler: Birth of an Ethological Theory by Despret, Vinciane

The Dance of the Arabian Babbler: Birth of an Ethological Theory

$25.00
The Dance of the Arabian Babbler: Birth of an Ethological Theory by Despret, Vinciane

The Dance of the Arabian Babbler: Birth of an Ethological Theory

$25.00
Format: Paperback
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A groundbreaking reflection on the process by which one arrives at an ethological theory

How do humans study the complex worlds of animals without imposing their own societal and scientific gaze upon them? The biologist Amotz Zahavi stakes the controversial claim that Arabian babblers are said to raise themselves up each day to dance and tend to one another in the early morning sun. Such a claim will provoke the interest and intellectual curiosity of a young philosopher and psychologist recognizing that the best way for her to observe the practices of scientists at work is to join them on their terrain. Embedding herself in the field alongside ethologists in the Negev desert, Vinciane Despret deftly depicts and reflects on the process by which scientists construct their theories within the milieu of the animals they study. Along the way, and not without humor, Despret analyzes a variety of theories posited by many well-known thinkers, including Zahavi, who devoted his life to the interpretation, companionship, and conservation of the Arabian babbler bird, and naturalists such as Charles Darwin and Pierre Kropotkin.

Author: Vinciane Despret
ISBN-10: 1517911524
ISBN-13: 9781517911522
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2021
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 4.70h x 7.80w x 0.60d
By Vinciane Despret
By Vinciane Despret
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Vinciane Despret is a philosopher and psychologist who has published on the relation between the human and the animal. Her most recent books include What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions? (Minnesota, 2016), Au Bonheur des Morts, and Habiter en Oiseau.

jeffrey bussolini is associate professor of sociology and anthropology at the City University of New York and codirector of the Center for Feline Studies. She is coeditor of The Philosophical Ethology of Vinciane Despret.

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