Recent Research on the role of animals in history have eroded the barriers between human and natural sciences. By reexamining the part played by animals not merely as beasts of burden, or resources, or even as companions, but as agents in historical processes, this course poses a critique of human exceptionalism and the meaning of agency.
Recent Research on the role of animals in history have eroded the barriers between human and natural sciences. By reexamining the part played by animals not merely as beasts of burden, or resources, or even as companions, but as agents in historical processes, this course poses a critique of human exceptionalism and the meaning of agency.