Editors:
- Examines the diverse roles that beasts, livestock, and fish have played in Asian history, society, and culture
- Provides a crucial Asian perspective on human interactions with the environment
- Interdisciplinary in approach, drawing from archaeology, history, anthropology, religion, literature and cultural studies
Part of the book series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series (PMAES)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Hunting and Domestication
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of human-animal interactions in Asia throughout history. With twelve thematically-arranged chapters, this book examines the diverse roles that beasts, livestock, and fish — real and metaphorical– have played in Asian history, society, and culture.
Ranging from prehistory to the present day, the authors address a wealth of topics including the domestication of animals, dietary practices and sacrifice, hunting, the use of animals in war, and the representation of animals in literature and art.
Providing a unique perspective on human interaction with the environment, the volume is cross-disciplinary in its reach, offering enriching insights to the fields of animal ethics, Asian studies, world history and more.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Asian Studies, The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Rotem Kowner
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Zinman Institute of Archaeology, The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Guy Bar-Oz
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Institute of Asian and African Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Michal Biran
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Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Meir Shahar
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Department of Asian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Gideon Shelach-Lavi
About the editors
Rotem Kowner is Professor of Japanese History and the director of the liberal arts program at the University of Haifa, Israel.
Guy Bar-Oz is Professor of Archaeology and founder of the Laboratory of Archaeozoology at the Zinman Institute of Archaeology, the University of Haifa, Israel.
Michal Biran is the Max and Sophie Mydans Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and a member of the Israeli Academy of Science and Humanities.
Meir Shahar is a Professor of Chinese studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Gideon Shelach-Lavi is the Louis Freiberg Professor of East Asian Studies and the director of the Institute of Asian and African studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Animals and Human Society in Asia
Book Subtitle: Historical, Cultural and Ethical Perspectives
Editors: Rotem Kowner, Guy Bar-Oz, Michal Biran, Meir Shahar, Gideon Shelach-Lavi
Series Title: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24363-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24362-3Published: 16 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24365-4Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24363-0Published: 06 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6672
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 433
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ethics, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature, Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics