21H.909 People and Other Animals, Fall 2005

Ritvo, Harriet

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Ritvo, Harriet

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People and Other Animals

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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.

Date issued

2005-12

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75802

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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21H.909-Fall2005

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Keywords

History, people, animals, hunting, domestication, livestock worship, animal gods, animal labor, scientific study, exotic, performing, pet keeping, animal agency, intelligence, moral obligations, limits

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