A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS PLACING THE HUMAN
- WOLF RELATIONSHIP IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE International in range & chronological in organisation this volume aims to grasp the maincurrents of thought about interactions with the wolf in modern history It focuses on perceptions interactions & dependencies &
Includes:: cultural & social analyses as well as biological aspects Wolves have been feared & admired hunted & cared for At the same historical moment different cultural & social groups have upheld widely diverging ideas about the wolf Fundamental dichotomies in modern history between nature & culture wilderness & civilisation & danger & security have been portrayed in terms of wolf
- human relationships The wolf has been part of aesthetic economic political psychological & cultural reasoning albeit it is nowadays mainly addressed as an object of wildlife management There has been a major shift in perception from dangerous predator to endangered species but the big bad fairytale wolf remains a cultural icon