{"product_id":"minding-animals-in-the-old-and-new-worlds-9781487503321","title":"Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMinding Animals in the Old and New Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e employs current research in cognitive science and the philosophy of animal cognition to explore how humans have understood non-human animals in the Iberian world, from the Middle Ages through the early modern period. Using texts from European and Indigenously-informed sources, Steven Wagschal argues that people tend to conceptualize the minds of animals in ways that reflect their own uses for the animal, the manner in which they interact with the animal, and the place in which the animal lives. Often this has little if anything to do with the actual cognitive abilities of the animal. However, occasionally early authors made surprisingly accurate assumptions about the thoughts and feelings of animals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWagschal explores a number of ways in which culture and human cognition interact, including: the utility of anthropomorphism; the symbolic use of animals in medieval Christian texts; attempts at understanding the minds of animals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Minding Animals is a welcome addition to the growing body of studies about animals in Hispanism. It shows how early Spanish literature advocates the mindedness of animals and teaches nuanced meanings of anthropomorphism as a productive way to understand animals.\" -- John Beusterien, Texas Tech University * \u003cem\u003eBulletin of Spanish Studies, Volume XCVI, Number 10\u003c\/em\u003e, 2019 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Steven Wagschal's book is a goldmine of information about animal minds.\" -- Marc Bekoff * \u003cem\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a fine example of literary research and writing that ties into recent trends in interdisciplinary human–animal studies, ethology, and medieval and early modern studies.\" -- Martha Few, Pennsylvania State University * \u003cem\u003eBulletin of the Comediantes\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Minding Animals is a carefully researched, accessible, and highly readable book that makes a valuable contribution to the history of animal cognition.\" -- Helen Cowie, University of York * \u003cem\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMinding Animals with Anthropomorphism  Deploying The Animal in Medieval Miracles, Bestiaries and Fables   Exploiting The Animal through Husbandry and Hunting   Describing The Animal in New World Habitats   Embodying Animals: Cervantes and Animal Cognition   Minding Animals after Cervantes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359450235223,"sku":"9781487503321","price":48.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487503321.jpg?v=1754124684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/minding-animals-in-the-old-and-new-worlds-9781487503321","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}