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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: What’s in it for me? Discover the inner life of animals.
Chapter 2: Though we shouldn’t anthropomorphize animals, evolution suggests they have similar emotions.
Chapter 3: An animal’s worth is dependent upon its practical use for humankind.
Chapter 4: Some animals display their emotions openly, while others are a little harder to figure out.
Chapter 5: Animal behavior is motivated by instinct, feelings and consciousness – just like human behavior.
Chapter 6: Affection between humans and animals is complex, and misunderstandings abound.
Chapter 7: Animals feel fear and pain just as we do. Surely that’s an argument for animal rights.
Chapter 8: Some animals recognize their own names and display signs of self-awareness.
Chapter 9: Social animals, just like humans, have social emotions.
Chapter 10: Animals can behave altruistically or deceitfully and seem to know the benefits of both.
Chapter 11: All animals sleep, and we think that some of them dream, too.
Chapter 12: Animals have souls, and they can often sense their deaths coming.
Description
In The Inner Life of Animals (2017) Peter Wohlleben discusses the latest research on animal feelings and emotion. He draws insights from multiple studies as well as from his personal experiences of the woodland where he has lived and worked for decades. The book argues that animals’ inner lives are really not so different from our own.
Who Should Listen
- Everyone who owns a pet
- Anyone interested in psychology and neurology
- Animal rights activists who could use some new arguments