Between Light and Storm : Our Lives With Other Species

Author: Esther Woolfson

Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc)

Published on 2 September 2021 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 368 pages
130 x 198 x 25mm | 246g

Humans have long believed themselves to be the superior species: we consume other animals for food, experiment on them and slaughter them for sport. But as well as the ethical issues surrounding our treatment of other animals, our attitudes are responsible for massive species loss and extinctions, the extensive destruction of habitats and a growing threat of zoonotic pandemics.

Drawing on philosophy and theology, art and history, Between Light and Storm is a penetrating account of our fraught relationship with animals. It is also a timely and necessary plea for a more humane approach to those with whom we share a planet.