Contents
Foreword
Bruno Latour
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Translator's Note
A for Artists: Stupid like a painter?
B for Beasts: Do apes really ape?
C for Corporeal: Is it all right to urinate in front of animals?
D for Delinquents: Can animals revolt?
E for Exhibitionists: Do animals see themselves as we see them?
F for Fabricating Science: Do animals have a sense of prestige?
G for Genius: With whom would extraterrestrials want to negotiate?
H for Hierarchies: Might the dominance of males be a myth?
I for Impaired: Are animals reliable models of morality?
J for Justice: Can animals compromise?
K for Killable: Are any species killable?
L for Laboratory: What are rats interested in during experiments?
M for Magpies: How can we interest elephants in mirrors?
N for Necessity: Can one lead a rat to infanticide?
O for Oeuvres: Do birds make art?
P for Pretenders: Can deception be proof of good manners?
Q for Queer: Are penguins coming out of the closet?
R for Reaction: Do goats agree with statistics?
S for Separations: Can animals be broken down?
T for Tying Knots: Who invented language and mathematics?
U for Umwelt: Do beasts know ways of being in the world?
V for Versions: Do chimpanzees die like we do?
W for Work: Why do we say that cows don’t do anything?
X for Xenografts: Can one live with the heart of a pig?
Y for YouTube: Are animals the new celebrities?
Z for Zoophilia: Can horses consent?
Notes
Index