{"product_id":"how-our-love-of-dogs-creates-social-conflict-9781666907834","title":"How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the last twenty-thousand years, dogs and people have shared a unique bond in the animal kingdom. In How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict, James K. Beggan uses symbolic interaction to examine the meaning that dogs have for people as friends and family members. Although many animal rights advocates express dismay over the subordinate status ownership implies, the author argues that ownership creates a powerful psychological connection that makes it easier for people to imbue dogs with humanlike characteristics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeggan outlines how dogs’ sensitivity to inequity, in combination with a high degree of cognitive capacity, makes it possible for dogs to be active agents in creating conflict between people. The author's analysis of social conflict between people over their dogs connects to profound philosophical concepts about the nature of mind, the relationship between humans and animals, and the moral responsibility human beings have to dogs and other animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Importance of Dogs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Identity and Dog Ownership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Constructing a Liminal Space for Dogs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Conceptualizing Triads\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Triads of Dogs and People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Moral Weight of Animal Minds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: The Perception of Dogs as People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Dogs as Active Agents in Social Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Dogs and Societal Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042002960727,"sku":"9781666907834","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666907834.jpg?v=1750952571","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-our-love-of-dogs-creates-social-conflict-9781666907834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}