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Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name by Vicki Hearne (Paperback, 2007)

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A groundbreaking meditation on our human-animal relationships and the moral code that binds it. Adam's Task, Vicki Hearne's innovative masterpiece on animal training, brings our perennial discussion of the human-animal bond to a whole new metaphysical level. Based on studies of literary criticism, philosophy, and extensive hands-on experience in training, Hearne asserts, in boldly anthropomorphic terms, that animals (at least those that interact more with humans) are far more intelligent than we assume. In fact, they are capable of developing an understanding of the good, a moral code that influences their motives and actions. Drawing on an eclectic range of influences-Nietzsche, T. S. Eliot, Disney animal trainer William Koehler, and Genesis from the Bible, among others-Hearne writes in contemplative, exploratory, and brilliant prose as she interweaves personal anecdotes with philosophy. Hearne develops an entirely new system of animal training that contradicts modern animal behavioral research and that, as her examples show, is astonishingly effective. Widely praised, highly influential, and now with a new foreword by New York Times bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler, Adam's Task will make every trainer, animal psychologist, and animal-lover stop, think, and question.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
ISBN-13
9781602390027
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113969663

Product Key Features

Author
Vicki Hearne
Publication Name
Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Science
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
210mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
349g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Vicki Hearne
Topic
Wildlife
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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