In our modern world, where human will routinely presides over the natural world, it is easy to imagine that sensibility to animals has been merely a matter of peripheral concern in human history. Rod Preece, in this impressively researched volume, demonstrates that, on the contrary, respect for animals has always been a part of human consciousness. Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb brings together the most significant statements of sensibility to animals in the history of thought. Each chapter begins with an introduction that explains the significance of the passages, and relates them to each other culturally, historically, and philosophically. Myth, religion, literature, philosophy, and parliamentary debates are all represented in this compendium whose time frame stretches from the early days of recorded human history to the beginning of the twentieth century. This unique book will be welcomed by scholars interested in animal studies and the history of ideas, as well as those with a concern for animal life.
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 179/.3
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780774850339 0774808969
- LCCN
- HV4708
- LCCN Item number
- A93 2002eb
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- CaBVAU
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- 1 electronic text (xvii, 413 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00324046 (OCoLC)70773508 (CaOOCEL)404044
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaBVAU
Table of Contents
- Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb 1
- Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb 3
- If thy heart be right then will every creature be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine. 7
- I pray when a lion eats a man and a man eats an ox why is the ox made more for the man than the man for the lion 7
- The well-taught philosophic mind To all compassion gives Casts round the world an equal eye And feels for all that lives. 7
- Boundless compassion for all living beings is the nest and surest guarantee of pure moral conduct ... 7
- Contents 9
- Acknowledgments 11
- Introduction 15
- Awe for the Tiger Love for the Lamb 19
- Animals in Myth and Religion 21
- The Classical World 52
- The Dark Ages 80
- The Renaissance 109
- The Enlightenment 141
- The Utilitarian and Romantic Age 195
- The Legislative Era 240
- The Darwinian Age 283
- Postscript The Ensuing Years 373
- Let those who bring about wonderful things in their big dark books take an animal to give them strength. 377
- Notes 379
- Index 419
