Animal Madness by Laurel Braitman

Animal Madness by Laurel Braitman

Charles Darwin developed his evolutionary theories by studying Galapagos finches and fancy pigeons; Alfred Russel Wallace investigated creatures in the Malay Archipelago. The author got her lessons by watching her dog. In this book, she shows how astonishingly similar humans and other animals are when it comes to their emotional wellbeing.

'[A] fascinating contribution to studies of animal behaviour'

-- Thuy On * The Age *

'Braitman wants us to take animals seriously—to see them as individuals with life histories and psychologies as dramatic and intense as our own… [She] has an absolute, not a comparative, sense of the animal soul'

-- Joshua Rothman * The New Yorker *

‘This is a marvelous, smart, eloquent book—as much about human emotion as it is about animals and their inner lives. Braitman’s research is fascinating, and she writes with the ease and engagement of a natural storyteller.’

-- Susan Orlean, bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief

‘Animal Madness is the sanest book I've read in a long time. Laurel Braitman irrefutably shows that animals think and feel, and experience the same emotions that we do. To deny this is crazy—which is why this fine book should be required reading for anyone who cares about healing the broken inner lives of both people and animals.’

-- Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig

‘In this compelling and provocative book, Braitman shows us sides of the animal mind few have imagined, and in doing so, opens our eyes anew.’

-- Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise

'[A] stimulating mix of rigorous scientific research and moving tales about mental fragility and resilience in the animal kingdom.'

-- Fiona Capp * The Age *

Laurel Braitman has written stories about science, animals and other topics for Cabinet, Orion, The New Inquiry, and other publications, and performs live for Pop Up Magazine in San Francisco. She received her PhD in history and anthropology of science from MIT and is an affiliate artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts. She lives on a houseboat in Sausalito, California.

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ISBN 13	9781922247797
ISBN 10	1922247790
Title	Animal Madness
Author	Laurel Braitman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Scribe Publications
Year published	2014-10-09
Number of pages	384
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