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Description: |
xv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Who cares about wildlife? -- The biological context of wildlife values: are there etchings on the slate? -- Understanding the feeling component of human -- wildlife interactions -- Attitudes and the study of human dimensions of wildlife -- Norms: social influences on human thoughts about wildlife -- Values, ideology, and value orientations -- Cultural perspectives on human-wildlife relationships -- Integrating concepts: demonstration of a multilevel model for exploring the rise of mutualism value orientations in post-industrial society. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "Wildlife holds a special place in the human consciousness. It is a source of attraction and fear, material value and symbolic meaning, religious or spiritual significance, and it is a barometer of people's concern for environmental sustainability. Why do humans care so much about wildlife? In Who Cares About Wildlife?, author Michael J. Manfredo explores that question through multiple social science perspectives. How has evolution prepared human responses to wildlife? How can we better understand the nature of our cognitive and emotional responses to wildlife? And how can we place those responses in a broad cultural context? A theoretical perspective is advanced that draws upon these multiple perspectives and that proposes the rise of caring and mutualism values in post-industrial society. Directions for future research and managerial implications are interwoven into this theoretical overview."--Jacket. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Manfredo, Michael J. Who cares about wildlife? New York : Springer, ©2008 (OCoLC)816507287 |