Vinciane Despret Livres

Exploring the complexity of human emotions, the book challenges the assumption that our feelings are universally understood or genuine. It delves into the insights of physiology and psychology, suggesting that the emotional experiences we perceive may not align with reality. Through a thought-provoking examination, it invites readers to question the authenticity and commonality of their emotional responses, revealing the intricate layers of human experience.

In the first days of spring, birds undergo a spectacular metamorphosis. After a long winter of migration and peaceful coexistence, they suddenly begin to sing with all their might, varying each series of notes as if it were an audiophonic novel. They cannot bear the presence of other birds and begin to threaten and attack them if they cross a border, which might be invisible to human eyes but seems perfectly tangible to birds. Is this display of bird aggression just a pretence, a game that all birds play? Or do birds suddenly become territorial - and, if so, why? By attending carefully to the ways that birds construct their worlds and ornithologists have tried to understand them, Despret sheds fresh light on the activities of both and, at the same time, enables us to become more aware of the multiple worlds and modes of existence that characterize the planet we share in common with birds and other species

You are about to enter a new genre of scientific fables, which aim to reveal the complexities of understanding animal behavior. Is it acceptable to urinate in front of animals? What does it signify when a monkey throws feces? This book presents twenty-six questions that challenge our assumptions about animal behavior and cognition. Through an engaging abecedarium of chapters, Vinciane Despret explores remarkable and often humorous interactions between animals and humans—researchers, farmers, zookeepers, and handlers. Do animals possess a sense of humor? The stories illustrate that animals often delight in perplexing even the most knowledgeable experts, prompting them to develop new hypotheses that reveal animals' intelligence. These accounts encourage readers to engage with both ethology and philosophy, blending serious scholarship with humor that appeals to all. With a foreword by renowned philosopher Bruno Latour, this work is essential not only for specialists but also for general readers, including dog owners, who will gain a fresh perspective on their canine companions.

"Vinciane Despret's unique storytelling, woven with ethnography and family history, assembles accounts of those living their daily lives with their dead"-- Provided by publisher

A groundbreaking reflection on the process by which one arrives at an ethological theory How do humans study the complex worlds of animals without imposing their own societal and scientific gaze upon them? The biologist Amotz Zahavi stakes the controversial claim that Arabian babblers are said to raise themselves up each day to dance and tend to one another in the early morning sun. Such a claim will provoke the interest and intellectual curiosity of a young philosopher and psychologist recognizing that the best way for her to observe the practices of scientists at work is to join them on their terrain. Embedding herself in the field alongside ethologists in the Negev desert, Vinciane Despret deftly depicts and reflects on the process by which scientists construct their theories within the milieu of the animals they study. Along the way, and not without humor, Despret analyzes a variety of theories posited by many well-known thinkers, including Zahavi, who devoted his life to the interpretation, companionship, and conservation of the Arabian babbler bird, and naturalists such as Charles Darwin and Pierre Kropotkin.

Znáte vibrační poezii pavouků, sakrální architekturu vombatů nebo pomíjivé aforismy chobotnic? Vítejte v oboru „terolingvistika“, v zásadní vědecké disciplíně třetího tisíciletí, která zkoumá příběhy psané a vyprávěné zvířaty. Vinciane Despret zde stírá hranice mezi vědou a fikcí, čímž vytváří zneklidňující rozruch: co když nás pavouci skutečně prosí, abychom zastavili rachot našich strojů? Co když stavby vombatů vypovídají o přívětivé kosmologii a jejich citu pro společné soužití? Co když chobotnice v rámci metempsychózy propadají zoufalství, protože se teď kvůli nadměrnému rybolovu a znečištění oceánů nemohou převtělovat? Filozofka a psycholožka Vinciane Despret vyučuje na univerzitě v Lutychu a ve svých knihách se zabývá naším vztahem ke zvířatům. Její úvahy, inspirované myšlenkami Isabelle Stengers, Donny Haraway nebo Bruna Latoura, ovlivnily základy oboru zvířecích studií. Kresby a koláže: Eva Koťátková, ze série Zvykněte si na moje tělo, mně se v něm žije dobře, 2022. Obálka knihy má sedm různých verzí s kresbami a kolážemi Evy Koťátkové.

Nach einem langen Winter der gemeinsamen Migration und des friedlichen Zusammenlebens beginnen Vögel in den ersten Frühlingstagen plötzlich mit aller Kraft zu singen und erschaffen einen eindrucksvollen audiophonen Raum. Sie werden zu Konkurrenten, können die Anwesenheit anderer nicht ertragen und fangen an, sie zu bedrohen und anzugreifen, wenn sie eine Grenze überschreiten, die für den Menschen unsichtbar ist. Was verbirgt sich dahinter? Ein Spiel, die Balz oder eine Form von Territorialität? Oder ist alles doch nur Show? Die belgische Wissenschaftsphilosophin untersucht mit liebevollem Blick die Art und Weise, wie Vögel ihre Welten konstruieren, und Ornithologen versuchen, sie zu verstehen. Sie nimmt Vögel wie Ornithologen genau unter die Lupe und indem sie beide in einem gemeinsamen Raum beobachtet, öffnet sie uns die Augen für die vielfältigen Welten und Existenzweisen auf unserem Planeten, den der Mensch sich mit Vögeln und anderen Arten teilt.

In diesem Band erkundet Vinciane Despret die Kreativität und das Bewusstsein von Tieren, die als fähig zu Spiel und Dichtung betrachtet werden. Sie verbindet Wissenschaft und Literatur und regt dazu an, die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Tier sowie unseren Platz in der Natur neu zu überdenken.