Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb: A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals

by Preece,Rod; Preece,Rod

• ISBN13: 9780415943635
• ISBN10: 0415943639
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-12-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Respect for animals has always been a part of human consciousness. Poets, thinkers, philosophers, scientists and statesmen have long celebrated our compassion towards Earth's other beasts. Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lambcompiles the most significant statements of sensibility to animals in the history of thought. From the myths of the ancient world to the Middle Ages to Darwin and beyond, Preece captures the most telling and fascinating accounts of humankind's relationship to the wild world, placing them in historical context. Jung called it "an unconscious identity with animals," while Wordsworth saw it as the "primal sympathy which having been must ever be." Linking the diverse chords of human experience that are touched by the animal world, Preece shows that despite a historical thread of cruelty, there still remains in all humanity a constant underlying concern for other beings as an integral part of the moral community. With musings and meditations from Lao Tse toMohammed, from Plato to Jane Goodall, from classical religion to parliamentary proceedings,Awe for theTiger, Love for the Lambis an original, superbly researched history that deepens our understanding of all living beings.

Author Biography

Rod Preece is Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xv
Animals in Myth and Religion	3	(31)
The Classical World	34	(28)
The Dark Ages	62	(29)
The Renaissance	91	(32)
The Enlightenment	123	(54)
The Utilitarian and Romantic Age	177	(45)
The Legislative Era	222	(43)
The Darwinian Age	265	(90)
Postscript: The Ensuing Years	355	(6)
Notes	361	(40)
Index	401