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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “Should the truth about the world exist,” writes Joseph Brodsky, “it’s bound to be nonhuman.” Early humans understood this believing animals were entitled to a kind of reverence and rights by virtue of being affectionate social creatures, capable of emotion and pain. They also thought that since animals were capable of suffering, they should not be treated as ends to human needs, that is, dominated by machines and technologies and more recently exploited through factory farms, entertainment industries and scientific labs. It seems that humankind is again trying to rediscover their Paleolithic roots, roots consisting of animism. Animism is the…
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Why the Fascination With Animism?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “Should the truth about the world exist,” writes Joseph Brodsky, “it’s bound to be nonhuman.” Early humans understood this believing animals were entitled to a kind of reverence and rights by virtue of being affectionate social creatures, capable of emotion and pain. They also thought that since animals were capable of suffering, they should not be treated as ends to human needs, that is, dominated by machines and technologies and more recently exploited through factory farms, entertainment industries and scientific labs. It seems that humankind is again trying to rediscover their Paleolithic roots, roots consisting of animism. Animism is the…
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