Sharing Landscapes with Wolves: Interspecies Communication, Empathy, and Control.

This paper examines the role of interspecies communication in the pursuit of coexistence with wolves returning to the Netherlands. Low-conflict coexistence with wolves in densely populated countries calls for an abandonment of the traditional culture-nature dichotomy. Moreover, it requires that huma...

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Publicado en:Environmental Ethics Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 41 - 64
Autor principal: Drenthen, Martin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Philosophy Documentation Center Spring2025
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