Croiser Les Sciences Pour Lire Les Animaux

Plus aucune science ne peut penser les animaux à elle seule, ni prétendre pouvoir faire le tour de la question : pour mieux lire les animaux, il faut croiser les sciences. C’est devenu une évidence entre les différentes sciences de la nature, où des croisements ont déjà donné naissance à des hybrides devenus disciplines à part entière, telle l’écologie comportementale ; c’est aussi vrai entre les sciences humaines, qui ont investi, depuis quelques décennies, le versant humain des relations avec les animaux. Cet ouvrage propose un troisième croisement, novateur, difficile, car peu pensé, peu usité, entre les sciences dites « de la nature » et les sciences dites « humaines ». Il s’agit de montrer que les questions, les concepts et les méthodes de ces dernières peuvent apporter beaucoup à la connaissance des animaux eux-mêmes, à l’étude de leurs capacités qui sont de plus en plus reconnues comme étant riches et complexes. Il y a profit – et donc un besoin – à croiser les sciences de la vie – génétique, physiologie, éthologie, écologie, neurosciences – avec les sciences de l’homme – archéozoologie, histoire de l’art, histoire, littérature, anthropologie, sociologie, ethnologie – pour décrypter, saisir et penser davantage les animaux – en somme, passer sur le versant animal. Rassemblant des spécialistes de ces disciplines, ce livre s’adresse aux archéologues, aux historiens, aux géographes, aux littéraires, aux anthropologues, aux sociologues, aux philosophes, comme aux généticiens, aux zoologues, aux éthologues, aux écologues, aux vétérinaires. Et aux passionnés d’animaux.

Plus aucune science ne peut penser les animaux à elle seule, ni prétendre pouvoir faire le tour de la question : pour mieux lire les animaux, il faut croiser les sciences. C'est devenu une évidence entre les différentes sciences de la nature, où des croisements ont déjà donné naissance à des hybrides devenus disciplines à part entière, telle l'écologie comportementale ; c'est aussi vrai entre les sciences humaines, qui ont investi, depuis quelques décennies, le versant humain des relations avec les animaux. Cet ouvrage propose un troisième croisement, novateur, difficile, car peu pensé, peu usité, entre les sciences dites « de la nature » et les sciences dites « humaines ». Il s'agit de montrer que les questions, les concepts et les méthodes de ces dernières peuvent apporter beaucoup à la connaissance des animaux eux-mêmes, à l'étude de leurs capacités qui sont de plus en plus reconnues comme étant riches et complexes. Il y a profit - et donc un besoin - à croiser les sciences de la vie - génétique, physiologie, éthologie, écologie, neurosciences - avec les sciences de l'homme - archéozoologie, histoire de l'art, histoire, littérature, anthropologie, sociologie, ethnologie - pour décrypter, saisir et penser davantage les animaux - en somme, passer sur le versant animal. Rassemblant des spécialistes de ces disciplines, ce livre s'adresse aux archéologues, aux historiens, aux géographes, aux littéraires, aux anthropologues, aux sociologues, aux philosophes, comme aux généticiens, aux zoologues, aux éthologues, aux écologues, aux vétérinaires. Et aux passionnés d'animaux.

Topsy is a psychoanalytic tale of the effects of a dog on its owner; the analyst is thegreat Marie Bonaparte. Only after being told that her dog had cancer did she realie theattachment she developed to Topsy. She describes the emotions she experienced during the time ofTopsy's illness and subsequent healing. Written in France and Greece at the onset of World WarII, the story of Topsy's cancer clearly is intended to convey the ills of Europe at that time. Bonaparte's relationship with her dog reveals her own fearsabout aging, dying, being alone, as well as the uncertainty of the political situation. As shetells her story, Bonaparte is reminded of the experience of her father, who also suffered fromcancer. Topsy, while not written as a scientific study, provides insight into thepsychoanalytical effects of relationships between humans and animals. It tells us much about oneof psychotherapy's founding personages as well as the members of her professional circle in acritical period of European history. In the newintroduction, Gary Genosko reflects on Sigmund Freud's own affection for, and use of, dogs inhis analyses. He goes on to describe the relationship between Freud and Bonaparte and how dogsplayed a significant part in that companionship. Topsy will be of interest to psychologists,psychiatrists, and those who love, and have been loved by dogs. Marie Bonaparte(1882-1962) was a renowned French psychoanalyst whose best-known book was APsychoanalytic Study of Edgar Allen Poe. She also translated many of Freud'sbooks into French. GaryGenosko is a researcher affiliated with the McLuhan Program in Culture andTechnology at the University of Toronto in Canada, and the department of Sociology, Goldsmith'sCollege, University of London, England.

Do both the zoo and the mental hospital induce psychosis, as humans are treated as animals and animals are treated as humans? How have we looked at animals in the past, and how do we look at them today? How have zoos presented themselves, and their purpose, over time? In response to the emergence of environmental and animal studies, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, theorists, literature scholars, and historians around the world have begun to explore the significance of zoological parks, past and present. Zoo Studies considers the modern zoo from a range of approaches and disciplines, united in a desire to blur the boundaries between human and nonhuman animals. The volume begins with an account of the first modern mental hospital, La Salpêtrière, established in 1656, and the first panoptical zoo, the menagerie at Versailles, created in 1662 by the same royal architect; the final chapter presents a choreographic performance that imagines the Toronto Zoo as a place where the human body can be inspired by animal bodies. From beginning to end, through interdisciplinary collaboration, this volume decentres the human subject and offers alternative ways of thinking about zoos and their inhabitants. This collection immerses readers in the lives of animals and their experiences of captivity and asks us to reflect on our own assumptions about both humans and animals. An original and groundbreaking work, Zoo Studies will change the way readers see nonhuman animals and themselves.

In the midst of the climate crisis and the threat of the sixth extinction, we can no longer claim to be the masters of nature. Rather, we need to unlearn our species' arrogance for the sake of all animals, human and non-human. Rethinking our being-in-the-world as Homo sapiens, this monograph argues, starts precisely from the way we relate to our closer companion species. The authors gathered here endeavour to find multiple exit strategies from the anthropocentric paradigms that have bound the human and social sciences. Part I investigates the unexplored margins of human history by re-reading historical events, literary texts, and scientific findings from an animal's perspective, rather than a human's. Part II explores different forms of human-animal relationships, putting the emphasis on the institutions, spaces, and discourses that frame our interactions with animals. Part III engages with processes of "translation" that aim to render animals' experience and perception into human words and visual language.

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