21H.909J / 21H.969J / 21A.390J / 21A.835J People and Other Animals, Fall 2010

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Ritvo, Harriet
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People and Other Animals
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Abstract
This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.
Date issued
2010-12
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90870
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
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21H.909J-Fall2010
local: 21H.909J
local: 21H.969J
local: 21A.390J
local: 21A.835J
local: IMSCP-MD5-423a945415f7eabb624048cfe3576e35
Keywords
people, animals, hunting, domestication, livestock, animal labor, scientific experimentation, pets, zoos, selective breeding, vivisection, vegetarian, animal cruelty, poaching, conservation, cloning, colonialism, imperialism, mad cow disease, taxidermy, natural history museum, ethology, primatology, animal welfare, biodiversity
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