{"product_id":"the-arrogant-ape-the-myth-of-human-exceptionalism-and-why-it-matters-9780593543139","title":"The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species--and ourselves\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us to exploit the earth towards our own exclusive ends, throwing us into a perilous planetary imbalance. But is this view and way of life inevitable? \u003ci\u003eThe Arrogant Ape\u003c\/i\u003e shows that human exceptionalism is an ideology that relies more on human culture than our biology, more on delusion and faith than on evidence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarvard primatologist Christine Webb has spent years researching the rich social, emotional, and cognitive lives of our closest living relatives. She exposes the ways that many scientific studies are biased against other species and reveals underappreciated complexities of nonhuman life--from the language of songbirds and prairie dogs, to the cultures of chimpanzees and reef fishes, to the acumen of plants and fungi. With compelling stories and fresh research she gives us a paradigm-shifting way of looking at other organisms on their own terms, one that is revolutionizing our perception both of them and of ourselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritiques of human exceptionalism tend to focus on our moral obligation towards other species. They overlook what humanity also stands to \u003ci\u003egain\u003c\/i\u003e by dismantling its illusions of uniqueness and superiority. This shift in perspective fills us with a sense of awe and satisfies one of our oldest and deepest desires to belong to the larger whole we inhabit. What's at stake is a better, sustainable way of life with the potential to heal and rejuvenate our shared planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Webb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593543139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Webb\u003c\/b\u003e is a broadly trained primatologist at Harvard's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, with expertise in social behavior, cognition, and emotion. She works with nonhuman primates in diverse settings and collaborates with scholars from the social sciences and humanities to reimagine the role of science in the growing charge to grant moral status to other animals. Her work has been covered by popular outlets including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e BBC\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185925308630,"sku":"9780593543139","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_a4bce37a-2f22-4b41-a327-8ebba0145e77.jpg?v=1755781452","url":"https:\/\/tiabookcellar.com\/products\/the-arrogant-ape-the-myth-of-human-exceptionalism-and-why-it-matters-9780593543139","provider":"tia book cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}