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Humans and other animals: sociology’s moral and intellectual challenge
David NibertSociology, narrowly defined and almost universally practiced as the study of human society, is limited in its benefits to human animals because it ignores how hegemonically…
Ethnozoology and the future of sociology
Arnold ArlukeThree questions are explored regarding ethnozoology’s place in sociology. First, why has sociology been slow to explore this subject or to give it much credibility? Resistance by…
No longer the lonely species: a post‐mead perspective on animals and sociology
Olin E. MyersSociety’s relations to animals pose possible blind spots in sociological theory that may be revealed and illuminated by studying systems of human‐animal interaction. By…
Drawing the line between humans and animals: an examination of introductory sociology textbooks
Janet M. Alger, Steven F. AlgerEver since Mead, sociology has maintained a deep divide between human and non human animals. In effect, Mead constructed humans as having capacities that he saw lacking in…
A course is a course, of course, of course (unless it’s an animals and society course): challenging boundaries in academia
Clifton P. FlynnOnly within the past decade have sociologists begun to investigate the relationships between humans and other animals. Even more recently, college courses that examine this…
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