Evolutionary Biographies and the Enigma of the “Other”

Tobias, Michael Charles; Morrison, Jane Gray

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Evolutionary Biographies and the Enigma of the “Other”

Michael Charles Tobias³ &
Jane Gray Morrison³

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With the emergence 400 years ago of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, fiction has lent so much perspective to our solitary selves that there is every reason to believe in such causes as giving; to a Commons; to communities, kin altruism, empathy and even, to the Other. By chronicling a world split between oneself and everyone else, all disciplines, lenses, and lense-craft are encompassed by a plethora of reassurances. The nature of solitude, for all of her attractiveness at times, leans toward warm chocolate croissants, coffee houses, and conviviality; towards that intersection of wild creeks and unmanaged forests, adjoining the posture of a buttressed domicile replete with any and all comforts of home.

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Notes

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Tobias, M.C., Morrison, J.G. (2017). Evolutionary Biographies and the Enigma of the “Other”. In: Anthrozoology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45964-6_10

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