Synopses & Reviews
“Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans and animals should read this book.”
—Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human
Hal Herzog, a maverick scientist and leader in the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals. A cross between Michael Pollans The Omnivores Dilemma and Bill Brysons A Walk in the Woods, Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, in the words of Irene M. Pepperberg, bestselling author of Alex & Me, “deftly blends anecdote with scientific research to show how almost any moral or ethical position regarding our relationship with animals can lead to absurd consequences.”
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“A fascinating, thoughtful, and thoroughly enjoyable exploration of a major dimension of human experience.” Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and The Stuff of Thought
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“A fun read. . . . What buoys this book is Herzogs voice. Hes an assured, knowledgeable and friendly guide.” Associated Press
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“Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat is both educational and enjoyable, a page-turner that I dare say puts Herzog in the same class as Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Lewis. Read this book. Youll learn some, youll laugh some, youll love some.” BookPage
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“One of a kind. I dont know when Ive read anything more comprehensive about our highly involved, highly contradictory relationships with animals, relationships which we mindlessly, placidly continue no matter how irrational they may be….This page-turning book is quite somethingyou wont forget it any time soon.” Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Deer: Lessons from the Natural World
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“Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans and animals should read this book.” Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human
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“Wonderful. . . . An engagingly written book that only seems to be about animals. Herzogs deepest questions are about men, women and children.” Karen Sandstrom, Cleveland Plain Dealer
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“Hal Herzog deftly blends anecdote with scientific research to show how almost any moral or ethical position regarding our relationship with animals can lead to absurd consequences. In an utterly appealing narrative, he reveals the quirky…ways we humans try to make sense of these absurdities.” Irene M. Pepperberg, author of Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
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“This is a wonderful bookwildly readable, funny, scientifically sound, and with surprising moments of deep, challenging thoughts. I loved it.” Robert M. Sapolsky, Neuroscientist, Stanford University, and author of Monkeyluv and A Primate's Memoir
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“Hal Herzog does for our relationships with animals what Michael Pollans Omnivores Dilemma did for our relationships with food….The book is a joy to read, and no matter what your beliefs are now, it will change how you think.” Sam Gosling, Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
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“An instant classic….Written so accessibly and personally, while simultaneously satisfying the scholar in all of us.” Arnold Arluke, Anthrozoös
Synopsis
"Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans and animals should read this book."
--Temple Grandin, author of
Animals Make Us Human
Hal Herzog, a maverick scientist and leader in the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals. A cross between Michael Pollan's
The Omnivore's Dilemma and Bill Bryson's
A Walk in the Woods, Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, in the words of Irene M. Pepperberg, bestselling author of
Alex & Me,
"deftly blends anecdote with scientific research to show how almost any moral or ethical position regarding our relationship with animals can lead to absurd consequences."
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We admire this book because Professor Herzog is thoughtful, rational, and often funny as he shows students how illogical they are in their relationships with animals. It's not a polemic. It's a book that fosters debate and conversation by asking deceptively simple questions:
- Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier?
- What can we learn from biomedical research with mice?
- Who enjoys a better quality of life--the chicken on a dinner plate or a rooster who dies in a Saturday night cockfight?
- Why is it wrong to eat the family dog?
It's already been adopted in a variety of courses from anthropology and composition to ethics.
Freshman Common Read: Eastern Kentucky University
--Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Deer: Lessons from the Natural World
Synopsis
"Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans and animals should read this book." --Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human
Hal Herzog, a maverick scientist and leader in the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals
Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoyed a better quality of life--the chicken on a dinner plate or the rooster who died in a Saturday-night cockfight? Why is it wrong to eat the family dog? Drawing on more than two decades of research in the emerging field of anthrozoology, the science of human-animal relations, Hal Herzog offers surprising answers to these and other questions related to the moral conundrums we face day in and day out regarding the creatures with whom we share our world. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat is a highly entertaining and illuminating journey through the full spectrum of human-animal relations, based on Dr. Herzog's groundbreaking research on animal rights activists, cockfighters, professional dog-show handlers, veterinary students, and biomedical researchers. Blending anthropology, behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy, Herzog crafts a seamless narrative--alternately poignant, challenging, and laugh-out-loud funny--that will forever change the way we look at our relationships with other creatures and, ultimately, how we see ourselves.
--Parade
Synopsis
Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoys a better quality of life—-the chicken destined for your dinner plate or the rooster in a Saturday night cockfight? Why is it wrong to eat the family dog?
Drawing on more than two decades of research into the emerging field of anthrozoology, the science of human-animal relations, Hal Herzog offers an illuminating exploration of the fierce moral conundrums we face every day regarding the creatures with whom we share our world. Alternately poignant, challenging, and laugh-out-loud funny—blending anthropology, behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy—this enlightening and provocative book will forever change the way we look at our relationships with other creatures and, ultimately, how we see ourselves.
About the Author
Hal Herzog is recognized as one of the worlds leading experts on humananimal relations. His research has been published in prestigious academic journals, including Science, the Proceedings of the Royal Society, American Psychologist, the American Scholar, Journal of Social Issues, and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. His work has also been featured in Newsweek, USA Today, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Scientific American, New Scientist, Science Daily, the London Times, and on Slate, CNN, National Public Radios Morning Edition, and MSNBC. He is a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University and lives in the Great Smoky Mountains with his wife and their cat, Tilly.