How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict

by James K. Beggan

For the last twenty-thousand years, dogs and people have shared a unique bond in the animal kingdom. In How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict, James K. Beggan uses symbolic interaction to examine the meaning that dogs have for people as friends and family members. Although many animal rights advocates express dismay over the subordinate status ownership implies, the author argues that ownership creates a powerful psychological connection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666907839
• ISBN13: 9781666907834
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"