Human

Amanda Rees · Charlotte Sleigh

may 2020 · Reaktion Books

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What does it mean to be human? And what, if anything, does it have to do with being a member of the animal species Homo sapiens? This dazzling book gets to the very heart of our rather unscientific motivations and prejudices, showing how they are of great use in resolving the world’s biggest problems. From beasts to aliens, this book explores widely discussed but often problematic links between humans and six other beings, tackling deep philosophical questions including humanity’s common purpose, life’s meaning, and what it means to be accepted as part of a community. Global in its outlook and illustrated with stunning pictures, Human is a powerful, funny, and iconoclastic antidote to post-humanism.

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Amanda Rees is a reader in sociology at the University of York. She is the author of The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science and coeditor of Presenting Futures Past: Science Fiction and the History of Science. Charlotte Sleigh is professor of science humanities at the University of Kent. She has published several books on the history, culture, and representation of animals including Ant and Frog, both published by Reaktion Books, as well as The Paper Zoo, published by the University of Chicago Press.