21H.909 People and Other Animals, Fall 2005
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21h-909-fall-2005/contents/index.htm
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Author(s)
Ritvo, Harriet
Alternative Title
People and Other Animals
Date Issued
December 2005
Abstract
A historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, worship of animal gods, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.
Subjects
History
people
animals
hunting
domestication
livestock worship
animal gods
animal labor
scientific study
exotic
performing
pet keeping
animal agency
intelligence
moral obligations
limits
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Music and Theater Arts Section
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies
MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies
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