Frans De Waal

Mama's Last Hug

Animal and Human Emotions

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Mama's Last Hug is a whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on Frans de Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos and other primates. It opens with the moving farewell between Mama, a dying 59-year-old chimpanzee matriarch, and Jan Van Hoof, who was Frans de Waal's mentor and thesis advisor. The filmed event has since gone viral (over 9.5 million views on YouTube).De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78378-410-3
EAN: 9781783784103
Produktnummer: 28737077
Verlag: Granta Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Masse: H22.4 cm x B14.3 cm x D2.6 cm 441 g
Gewicht: 441

Über den Autor

FRANS DE WAAL has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. The New York Times bestselling author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (Granta, 2016) and Our Inner Ape (Granta, 2005) among many other works, he is the C. H. Candler Professor in Emory University's Psychology Department and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.