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Histories.(In the Company of Animals)

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From: Social Research
Date: 19950922
Author:Humphrey, Nicholas

Humans across many cultures and historical periods have recognized in animals some degree of similarity to humans, but not full identity. This less than absolute distinction has created a great deal of complexity in human relationships with animals. Animals may at times be treated as honorary people, but at other times the dissimilarities may be emphasized. The same animal may be regarded in multiple, apparently contradictory ways.

In his parable Penguin Island ([1908]1931), Anatole France relates how the old, blind monk Saint Mael inadvertently baptized a group of penguins, mistaking ...

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