Between Light and Storm by Esther Woolfson
A landmark examination of the fraught relationship between humans and animals, taking the reader from Genesis to climate change. Beginning with the very origins of life on Earth, Woolfson considers prehistoric human-animal interaction and traces the millennia-long evolution of conceptions of the soul and conscience in relation to the animal kingdom, and the consequences of our belief in human superiority. She explores our representation of animals in art, our consumption of them for food, our experiments on them for science, and our willingness to slaughter them for sport and fashion, as well as examining concepts of love and ownership. Drawing on philosophy and theology, art and history, as well as her own experience of living with animals and coming to know, love, and respect them as individuals, Woolfson examines some of the most complex ethical issues surrounding our treatment of animals and argues passionately and persuasively for a more humble, more humane, relationship with the creatures who share our world.
Woolfson, Esther: - ESTHER WOOLFSON grew up in Glasgow and studied Chinese at both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Edinburgh University. Her critically acclaimed short stories and nature writings have won her a Writer's Bursary and a Scottish Arts Council Travel Grant. She lives in Scotland and works part-time in a bookshop.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781639362769 |
| ISBN 10 | 1639362762 |
| Title | Between Light and Storm |
| Author | Esther Woolfson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
| Year published | 2022-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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