Whale Song

Name: Whale Song
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781501329258
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By Professor Margret Grebowicz

Series: Object Lessons

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Whale Song explores the intelligence and social complexity of whales, the 'sapiens of the sea.' It delves into the mystery of their haunting songs, reflecting on why humans struggle to fully understand them. The book links the challenges facing ocean ecosystems with deeper lessons about human social life and intimacy, offering a thoughtful meditation in times of environmental and social upheaval.
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Ideal for readers interested in marine biology, environmental studies, and philosophy, as well as those drawn to poetic nonfiction about nature and communication. Suitable for academic and general audiences seeking reflective works on humanity's relationship with the natural world.

Uses the whale song to explore how environmental problems like noise pollution and climate change affect social relations between animals as well as humans.

Whale Song ponders the problems facing ocean ecosystems and offers lessons from those depths for human social life and intimacy.

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

The sapiens of the sea, whales are the other intelligent, social, and loquacious animal. But they seem to swim away the more people chase after them in an effort to communicate and connect. Why does the meaning of their mesmerising songs continue to elude us?

In times of unprecedented environmental and social loss, Whale Song ponders the problems facing ocean ecosystems and offers lessons from those depths for human social life and intimacy.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

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Enchanting and beautifully written, Whale Song is described as a balm for the soul and an enthralling examination of ocean life. Praised for its clarity and precision, it covers human efforts to communicate with whales and dolphins, highlighting what we might learn from their honest, sonar-based language. Esteemed voices commend it as essential listening for contemporary ecological and social awareness.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781501329258

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 118.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 152

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Professor Margret Grebowicz Series: Object Lessons

About the Author

Margret Grebowicz is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. She is author of Rescue Me: On Dogs and Their Humans (2022) and Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. the End of the World (2021).