Human minds and animal stories : how narratives make us care about other species / Wojciech Małecki, Piotr Sorokowski, Bogusław Pawłowski, and Marcin Cieński.
Małecki, Wojciech| Call Number | 121.2 |
| Author | Małecki, Wojciech, author. |
| Title | Human minds and animal stories : how narratives make us care about other species / Wojciech Małecki, Piotr Sorokowski, Bogusław Pawłowski, and Marcin Cieński. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource. |
| Series | Routledge studies in world literatures and the environment |
| Contents | Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Texts, Statistics, and Deception; 2 A Monkey, a Book, and Facebook, or How to Catch a Story in the Act; 3 Does It Matter If It Is True?; 4 Does It Matter How It Is Told?; 5 Does It Matter Who It Is About?; 6 How Does It Work?; 7 How Long Will It Work?; Conclusions, Speculations, and Prospects; Appendices; Index |
| Summary | The power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, activists, and writers, including such greats as Thomas Hardy and Leo Tolstoy. This is the first book to investigate that power and explain the psychological and cultural mechanisms behind it. It does so by presenting the results of an experimental project that involved thousands of participants, texts representing various genres and national literatures, and the cooperation of an internationally-acclaimed bestselling author. Combining psychological research with insights from animal studies, ecocriticism and other fields in the environmental humanities, the book not only provides evidence that animal stories can make us care for other species, but also shows that their effects are more complex and fascinating than we have ever thought. In this way, the book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the study of relations between literature and the nonhuman world as well as to the study of how literature changes our minds and society. "As witnessed by novels like Black Beauty and Uncle Tom's Cabin, a good story can move public opinion on contentious social issues. In Human Minds and Animal Stories a team of specialists in psychology, biology, and literature tells how they discovered the power of narratives to shift our views about the treatment of other species. Beautifully written and based on dozens of experiments with thousands of subjects, this book will appeal to animal advocates, researchers, and general readers looking for a compelling real-life detective story." - Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat : Why It's So Hard To Think Straight About Animals |
| Added Author | Sorokowski, Piotr, author. Pawłowski, Bogusław, author. Cieński, Marcin, author. |
| Subject | Other minds (Theory of knowledge) ANIMALS. KNOWLEDGE, THEORY OF. PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General |
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| Summary | The power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, activists, and writers, including such greats as Thomas Hardy and Leo Tolstoy. This is the first book to investigate that power and explain the psychological and cultural mechanisms behind it. It does so by presenting the results of an experimental project that involved thousands of participants, texts representing various genres and national literatures, and the cooperation of an internationally-acclaimed bestselling author. Combining psychological research with insights from animal studies, ecocriticism and other fields in the environmental humanities, the book not only provides evidence that animal stories can make us care for other species, but also shows that their effects are more complex and fascinating than we have ever thought. In this way, the book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the study of relations between literature and the nonhuman world as well as to the study of how literature changes our minds and society. "As witnessed by novels like Black Beauty and Uncle Tom's Cabin, a good story can move public opinion on contentious social issues. In Human Minds and Animal Stories a team of specialists in psychology, biology, and literature tells how they discovered the power of narratives to shift our views about the treatment of other species. Beautifully written and based on dozens of experiments with thousands of subjects, this book will appeal to animal advocates, researchers, and general readers looking for a compelling real-life detective story." - Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat : Why It's So Hard To Think Straight About Animals |
| Contents | Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Texts, Statistics, and Deception; 2 A Monkey, a Book, and Facebook, or How to Catch a Story in the Act; 3 Does It Matter If It Is True?; 4 Does It Matter How It Is Told?; 5 Does It Matter Who It Is About?; 6 How Does It Work?; 7 How Long Will It Work?; Conclusions, Speculations, and Prospects; Appendices; Index |
| Subject | Other minds (Theory of knowledge) ANIMALS. KNOWLEDGE, THEORY OF. PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General |
| Multimedia |