Christine Webb

The Arrogant Ape

And A New Way To See Humanity. Sprachen: Englisch. 19,8 cm / 12,6 cm / 2,2 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781408717745
13,50 €
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336 Seiten
November 2026
Little, Brown Book Group

*A New York Times notable book of 2025*
*Longlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize* 'I wish this book had been published five hundred years ago and been compulsory reading ever since' Jay Griffiths, author of How Animals Heal Us
'A crucial and transformative read' Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
'Will leave you in awe' Justin Gregg, author of If Nietzsche Were A Narwhal Most people are certain that humans are the most intelligent, sophisticated, successful species on earth. But what if we're wrong? And what if our arrogant human exceptionalism is leading us to exploit the earth at the expense of other species - and destroy our own world in the process?
In The Arrogant Ape, leading primatologist Christine Webb demonstrates how our belief in our own importance is directly linked to some of the greatest threats against us and our environment - and offers a hopeful, inspiring way forwards.

Christine Webb, PhD, is a broadly trained primatologist at Harvard's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, with expertise in social behavior, cognition, and emotion. She works with nonhuman primates in diverse settings and collaborates with scholars from the social sciences and humanities to reimagine the role of science in the growing charge to grant moral status to other animals. Her work has been covered by popular outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, and the BBC.