{"product_id":"humanish-1870","title":"Humanish","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver glanced at your cat and wondered if they were plotting something? Or passed a car and thought its headlights looked ‘angry’?A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Illuminating and lively.’ Guardian, Book of the DayAnthropomorphism – the irresistible desire to apply human characteristics to animals, natural phenomena and even inanimate objects – is as natural as breathing.And it gets weirder… Million-dollar industries have sprung up to provide ‘cosmetic enhancements’ for dogs who’ve had the snip – their (inevitably male) owners wracked with guilt that their pets might be missing out on… something. Similarly, Justin Gregg, a researcher with the Dolphin Communication Project, regularly receives emails from mothers-to-be convinced that dolphins would make excellent midwives (spoiler alert: they definitely wouldn’t).Diving into the strange way anthropomorphism shapes our understanding of the world, Gregg offers an eye-opening journey through human perception. From cinema’s obsession with talking animals to the way we interact with our soon-to-be robot overlords, Humanish takes a hilarious journey through the strange world of anthropomorphism and explores what it reveals about this weird and wonderful bias within us all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Justin Gregg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67616681066556,"sku":"9780861549849","price":3495.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9780861549849.jpg?v=1790945331","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/humanish-1870","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}