Hal Herzog Boeken

Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoyed a better quality of life - the chicken on a dinner plate or the rooster who died in a Saturday-night cockfight? Why is it wrong to eat the family dog? This title offers answers to these and other questions.

"A fascinating, thoughtful, and thoroughly enjoyable exploration of a major dimension of human experience."-- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works A maverick scientist reveals the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways humans think, feel, and behave towards animals in this engaging, informative, and though-provoking book, now newly revised. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat is a highly entertaining and illuminating journey through the full spectrum of human-animal relations. Drawing on his groundbreaking research in the field of anthrozoology, Dr. Hal Herzog tries to make sense of our complex relationships with animals and the challenging moral conundrums we face regarding these creatures who share our world--and some, our homes. A blend of anthropology, behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy, updated to reflect evolving attitudes and the most recent findings, Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat is a poignant, often challenging, and frequently laugh-out-loud funny trip through a world of animal rights activists, cockfighters, professional dog-show handlers, veterinary students, biomedical researchers, and more. It will forever change the way we think about other living creatures and, ultimately, how we see ourselves.

Unser Verhältnis zu Tieren ist paradox. Wir halten Hunde als Gefährten, züchten Rinder, weil sie uns schmecken, und führen an Affen Laborversuche durch. Doch warum schleppen Mopsbesitzer ihre Lieblinge zum Hunde-Yoga - und machen sich anschließend bedenkenlos über ein Kalbsschnitzel her? Der Anthrozoologe Hal Herzog zeigt, wieso wir welche Tiere mögen, warum wir unbedingt an den Nutzen von Delfintherapie glauben wollen - und sich Hund und Herrchen häufig so ähnlich sehen. Ein Parforceritt durch das ethische Minenfeld der Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen. Nach der Lektüre dieses Buchs denken Sie nicht nur anders über Tiere, sondern auch über sich selbst. „Eine faszinierende und ausgesprochen unterhaltsame Entdeckungsreise in eine elementare Dimension unseres Lebens.“ Steven Pinker