1st Edition
Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals
Edited By Rod Preece
Copyright 2002
432 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
Respect for animals has always been a part of human consciousness. Poets, thinkers, philosophers, scientists and statesmen have long celebrated our compassion towards Earth's other beasts.Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb compiles the most significant statements of sensibility to animals in the history of thought. From the myths of the ancient world to the Middle Ages to Darwin and beyond,... Read more
AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Animals in Myth and Religion2. The Classical World3. The Dark Ages4. The Renaissance5. The Enlightenment6. The Utilitarian and Romantic Age7. The Legislative Era8. The Darwinian AgeNotesBibliographyIndex
Biography
Rod Preece is Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. He has written widely about animal rights, and is the author of Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities and Animal Welfare and Human Values.
"This intelligently edited, deeply researched anthology presents a wealth of writing, from antiquity to the beginning of the twentieth century, on compassion toward animals." -- Atlantic Montly
