Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 How and Why; 2 Them and Us; 3 From Pets to Companion Animals; 4 Looking at Animals/Glimpses of Selves; 5 The Adopters: Making a Match; 6 Rethinking the Self: Mead's Myopia; 7 Self versus Other: The Core Self; 8 Self with Other: Intersubjectivity; Conclusion: Putting Theory into Practice; Appendix: Methods; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Narrowing the gulf between humans and animals
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index