{"product_id":"animal-humor-1","title":"Animal Humor","description":"Hyenas ‘laugh’.   Foxes ‘giggle’. But do animals really joke, tease, engage in slapstick, and   take delight in the ridiculous? Combining perspectives from philosophy,   science, animal studies, and veterinary medicine, this is the first book to   examine animals’ sense of humor.            Challenging the long-held,   Aristotelian belief that humor distinguishes human from animal, this   multi-and interdisciplinary collection of essays takes seriously other   animals’ notions and enactments of funny. Beginning with collaborative   dialogues between renowned scientists and thinkers, including Marc Bekoff,   Carl Safina, and Sy Montgomery, the subsequent sections explore animal humor   within science, the philosophy of mind, and ethics. Therein writers showcase   empirical research in animal cognition, lab studies, philosophical reasoning,   indigenous literatures and more, all deepening our understanding of this   uncharted area of animal studies.   By focusing on animals’   ability to experience positive emotions, this volume provides a refreshing   alternative to the dominant view of animals as one-dimensional suffering   subjects. In so doing, it not only opens up a more nuanced understanding of   animal subjectivity that goes beyond ethological research, but also   encourages us to reconsider our moral obligations to animals as creatures   capable of joy and affective kinship.   A primer in animal humor,   this non-anthropocentric account of jokes and jovality is an urgent step   towards understanding the complex emotional lives of other species. It won’t   fail to surprise you.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57555335676277,"sku":"9781350544895","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/animal-humor-1","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}