Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mama's last hug

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1056203428

Responsibility statement

Frans de Waal ; with photographs and drawings by the author

Sub title

animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves

Summary

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

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