Eating animals /

Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, "Eating Animals" explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits--from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth--and how such tales can lull us into a brutal fo...

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Main Author: Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, "Eating Animals" explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits--from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth--and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting.
Physical Description:vii, 341 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780316069908
0316069906