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Living with Wolves: Affects, Feelings and Sentiments in Human-Wolf-Coexistence
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Abstract With their return to Germany, wolves leave their traces in personal feelings, in the atmospheres of rural landscapes and even in the sentiments and moods that govern political arenas. Thorsten Gieser explores the role of affects, emotions, moods and atmospheres in the emerging coexistence between hu... view more
With their return to Germany, wolves leave their traces in personal feelings, in the atmospheres of rural landscapes and even in the sentiments and moods that govern political arenas. Thorsten Gieser explores the role of affects, emotions, moods and atmospheres in the emerging coexistence between humans and wolves. Bridging the gap between anthropology and ethology, the author literally walks in the tracks of wolves to follow their affective agency in a more-than-human society. In nuanced analyses, he shows how wolves move, irritate and excite us, offering answers to the primary question: What does it feel like to coexist with these large predators?... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; emotion; coexistence; human being; ethnology; cultural anthropology; animal; cultural studies
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Affects; Atmosphere; Multispecies Ethnography; Wolves; Human-Wildlife Conflicts; Human; Human-Animal Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
233 p.
Series
Human-Animal Studies, 35
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839474709
ISSN
2702-9468
ISBN
978-3-8394-7470-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0