{"product_id":"9780861549849","title":"Humanish","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEver glanced at your cat and wondered if they were plotting something? Or passed a car and thought its headlights looked ‘angry’?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthropomorphism – the irresistible desire to apply human characteristics to animals, natural phenomena and even inanimate objects – is as natural as breathing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003edefinitely\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewouldn’t).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiving 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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHumanish\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etakes 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":"Times","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51587281813750,"sku":"9780861549849","price":75.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/8050\/3286\/files\/71xBYWfXxyL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788591610","url":"https:\/\/shop.litbooks.com.my\/products\/9780861549849","provider":"Lit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}