Mama's last hug : animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves / Frans de Waal ; with photographs and drawings by the author.

Author/creator De Waal, Frans author, photographer, illustrator.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Descriptionviii, 326 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Abstract A whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on De Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primates. De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, Mama's life and death, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasizing the continuity between our species and other species. And he makes the radical proposal that emotions are like organs: we don't have a single organ that other animals don't have, and the same is true for our emotions -- Adapted from publisher's description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index.
LCCN 2018047218
ISBN9780393635065 hardcover
ISBN0393635066 hardcover

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QL785.27 .W33 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold