Barbara J King: 8 books
by Barbara J. King
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
From the time of our earliest childhood encounters with animals, we casually ascribe familiar emotions to them. But scientists have long cautioned against such anthropomorphizing, arguing that it limits our ability to truly comprehend the lives of other creatures. Recently, however, things have begun...
Evolving God
A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Religion has been a central part of human experience since at least the dawn of recorded history. The gods change, as do the rituals, but the underlying desire remains—a desire to belong to something larger, greater, most lasting than our mortal, finite selves.
But where did that desire come...
We All Feel
Understanding Animal Grief and Love
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
From the time of our earliest childhood encounters with animals, we casually ascribe familiar emotions to them, though scientists have long cautioned against such anthropomorphizing. Recently, however, things have begun to shift in the other direction, and anthropologist Barbara J. King is at the forefront...
Personalities on the Plate
The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
In recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes, elephants, and dolphins have not just brains, but...
Preventive Measures
Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1998
State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan. The international consequences of such crises are profound, often threatening...
Words Over War
Mediation and Arbitration to Prevent Deadly Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2000
The international community can creatively and aggressively address deadly conflict through mediation, arbitration, and the development of international institutions to promote reconciliation. The editors of this book designed a systematic framework with which contributors compare third party intervention...
Learning Culture through Sports
Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context...
Queering Elementary Education
Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999
Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. ItOs not part of a sinister stratagem in the Ogay agenda.O Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal...