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Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

byFrans de Waal

Focused on animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves, Mama’s Last Hug brings Frans de Waal's social inquiry to a complex and consequential subject. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of nature and psychology. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. Together, these elements make Mama’s Last Hug an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

352

ISBN

9780393357837