{"product_id":"dialogues-on-the-human-ape-hardback-9781517905644","title":"Dialogues on the Human Ape (Hardback) 9781517905644","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDialogues on the Human Ape\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurent Dubreuil (Author), Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517905644\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 7\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.436 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"These dialogues provide unique insight into ape language research. Stimulating language in apes is too ramified to be controlled intellectually or restricted to a laboratory. It requires spontaneity, taking participants beyond the known. Even communicating the work requires spontaneity, for the intellect does not know what happened. You will be amazed at what these dialogues reveal about humanness beyond humanity.\"-PÄr Segerdahl, Uppsala University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDialogues on the Human Ape\u003c\/i\u003e demolishes the simple human\/animal dichotomy and the idealization that only humans ‘have’ language, as though language is some kind of all-or-none essence. These compelling conversations between Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Laurent Dubreuil will open minds and challenge assumptions about what it means to be a human ape.\"-Terrence W. Deacon, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book appears in an important series on Post-humanities, so academics and researchers in that field would certainly find much value in this volume as well. The book is intellectually and emotionally engaging, well written, and nicely organized.\"-\u003ci\u003eASEBL Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The book explores the continuities between the ape and human minds, addressing why language matters to consciousness, free will and the formation of the self.\"-Cornell \u003ci\u003eChronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA primatologist and a humanist together explore the meaning of being a “human animal”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHumanness is typically defined by our capacity for language and abstract thinking. Yet decades of research led by the primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh has shown that chimpanzees and bonobos can acquire human language through signing and technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on this research, \u003ci\u003eDialogues of the Human Ape\u003c\/i\u003e brings Savage-Rumbaugh into conversation with the philosopher Laurent Dubreuil to explore the theoretical and practical dimensions of what being a “human animal” means. In their use of dialogue as the primary mode of philosophical and scientific inquiry, the authors transcend the rigidity of scientific and humanist discourses, offering a powerful model for the dissemination of speculative hypotheses and open-ended debates grounded in scientific research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArguing that being human is an epigenetically driven process rather than a fixed characteristic rooted in genetics or culture, this book suggests that while humanness may not be possible in every species, it can emerge in certain supposedly nonhuman species. Moving beyond irrational critiques of ape consciousness that are motivated by arrogant, anthropocentric views, \u003ci\u003eDialogues on the Human Ape\u003c\/i\u003e instead takes seriously the continuities between the ape mind and the human mind, addressing why language matters to consciousness, free will, and the formation of the “human animal” self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePrelude\u003cbr\u003e1. On Animals and Apes\u003cbr\u003e2. On Dialogue and Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e3. On the Flavors of Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e4. On Language and Apes\u003cbr\u003e5. On Free Will\u003cbr\u003eAnnex: A Timeline of Ape Language Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619244798232,"sku":"9781517905644","price":65.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dialogues-on-the-human-ape-hardback-9781517905644","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}