Animal Lessons Media studies the author takes us on

the author takes us on an illuminating journey

Digging deeper

threatens to wipe it all away

'Elegant and atmospheric and suffused with brooding menace

Animal Lessons Media studies the author takes us onPhilosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits, and our perception of their purpose, animals show us how not to be them. This kinship plays out in a number of ways. We sacrifice animals to establish human kinship, but without the animal, the bonds