Document from the year 2018 in the subject African Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, University of Potsdam (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Animal Studies, language: English, abstract: This annotated bibliography summarizes key texts in Animal Studies. Wolfe's Human, All Too Human: 'Animal Studies' and the Humanities outlines the field's origins, traits, and challenges, arguing for inseparable human-animal domains and expanding Cultural Studies to non-human concerns. Shell's The Family Pet examines the human-pet bond as emotional fulfillment, blurring "kind" and "kin." Descartes' letters deny animal reasoning, attributing actions to instinct, while Montaigne's Apology rejects human superiority, urging equal treatment and challenging assumptions about animals' communicative abilities.
