Routledge - The Common Worlds of Children and Animals Book

Explore the deep connections between the lives of children and animals in this thought-provoking academic work. Published as part of the Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series, this book examines how the futures of both children and animals are tied to the environmental challenges of the Anthropocene. As human-caused extinctions accelerate, this text provides a necessary perspective on our changing world. This book starts an interdisciplinary conversation regarding child-animal relations. It calls for a new way to understand our connection to other species and our role within the global ecosystem. By looking at the entanglement of lives and common worlds, the text addresses important questions of interspecies and intergenerational environmental justice. Readers will find a detailed look at everyday encounters and the unfolding relations that shape our shared environment. This is an essential resource for those studying sociology, anthropology, and environmental ethics.