Simone Weil once wrote that "the vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence," establishing a relationship betwee

We are living through a period of planetary crisis, a time in which the mass production and consumption of some animals is made possible by the mass extinction

A small tribe of Neanderthals find themselves at odds with a tribe comprised of homo sapiens, whose superior intelligence and agility threatens their doom.

Today, we tend to react skeptically to claims about our access to the animal mind, the political importance of compassion, and the natural origins of community.

This volume explores the potential of the concept of the creaturely for thinking and writing beyond the idea of a clear-cut human-animal divide, presenting inno