The recent diagnosis of the Anthropocene represents the public death of the modern
understanding of Nature removed from society. It also challenges the modern science …

Humans are literal and figurative kin to other primates, with whom many of us coexist in
diverse social, ecological, symbolic, conflictual, and even hopeful contexts. Anthropogenic …

What does it mean to live and die in relation to other animals? Animal Intimacies posits this
central question alongside the intimate—and intense—moments of care, kinship, violence …

Assesses a promising new approach to restoring the health of our bodies and our planet
Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal …

In the 1990s a small midwestern American town approved the construction of a massive
pork complex, where almost 7 million hogs are birthed, raised, and killed every year. In …

Elephants rarely breed in captivity and are not considered domesticated, yet they interact
with people regularly and adapt to various environments. Too social and sagacious to be …

In Decolonizing Extinction Juno Salazar Parreñas ethnographically traces the ways in which
colonialism, decolonization, and indigeneity shape relations that form more-than-human …

In the years since publication of the first edition of this book, the field of HAS has exploded.
There are now more courses offered at more colleges and universities than ever before …

Anthropologists have been committed, at least since Franz Boas, to investigating
relationships between nature and culture. At the dawn of the 21st century, this enduring …

In an era of global warming, natural disasters, endangered species, and devastating
pollution, contemporary writing on the environment largely focuses on doomsday scenarios …