Derrick Jensen
Paperback | Pages: 152 pages Rating: 4.12 | 139 Users | 13 Reviews
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| Title | : | Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos |
| Author | : | Derrick Jensen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 152 pages |
| Published | : | May 9th 2007 by Novoice Unheard |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Environment. Nature. Philosophy. Animals. Biology. Ecology |
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Stunning. Possibly the best book I've read in a couple of years. This is a manifesto of sorts, against animals in captivity. I was on the fence about zoos before I read this book, but the argument, the evidence it presents, and, interestingly, the warmth of Jensen's (at times vitriolic) prose have made me a believer in the souls of the animals we keep and the cruelty we inflict by keeping them. jensen's essay is juxtaposed with a collection of beautiful portraits of animals -- not of animals suffering, but of animals with souls.Itemize Books During Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos
| Original Title: | Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos |
| ISBN: | 0972838716 (ISBN13: 9780972838719) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 139 Users | 13 ReviewsDiscuss Appertaining To Books Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos
Apparently if you take pictures of zoo animals and desaturate them, you get sad zoo animals. This book is just feel-good (feel-bad?) self-affirming fodder designed to get the anti-zoo people to spend money. Sure there are crappy zoos around the world, but it is unfair to lump them with the good zoos doing conservation and educational work. Saying that zoos are inherently bad for holding animals captive is assigning particular human values to the non-human. Maybe animals really like free food,After I expressed my fragmented feelings over visiting a small zoo on my vacation this fall, a co-worker recommended this book. Apparently I am not alone in this feeling: concerned about the happiness of the animals, yet still imbibing in the entertainment because I would never otherwise get so close to such animals. Interspersed with photos by Karen Tweedy-Holmes of animals in captivity, the author outlines why zoos are inhumane, even those we think are enlightened. Often we are told that zoos
So incredibly angry and sad I couldn't even read, so I just looked at the pictures and quickly returned it to the library. What can I do?
as powerful as jensen's writing often is, the photographs by karen tweedy-holmes are as astonishingly potent. a thousand words, indeed. the rilke poem (the panther) at the beginning sums it all up quite simply.
First of all: full disclosure. I could have published THOUGHT at Lantern Books. Jensen's agent sent me the manuscript, and I said that I would publish the text but that the costs associated with publishing a glossy photography book, with all the quality of reproduction that photographers (rightly) expect, would make it too expensive for us. Happily enough, the book found a home with a non-profit publishing concern and the book is handsomely produced. The photographs are attractive, although I
Zoos = prisons. Zoos = mindfuck. Zoos = enslavement.
Stunning. Possibly the best book I've read in a couple of years. This is a manifesto of sorts, against animals in captivity. I was on the fence about zoos before I read this book, but the argument, the evidence it presents, and, interestingly, the warmth of Jensen's (at times vitriolic) prose have made me a believer in the souls of the animals we keep and the cruelty we inflict by keeping them. jensen's essay is juxtaposed with a collection of beautiful portraits of animals -- not of animals
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