The Enigma of the Raven

Bibliographic Data

ID5011245
AuthorsVinciane Despret (Philosophie et Lettres, Université de Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume20
Issue2
Pages57-72
Publication date2015-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAngelaki (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0969725x.2015.1039842
OpenAlexW2054297972
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

Bernd Heinrich and Maine ravens are exemplars of Despret's concepts of politeness, "faire connaissance" and recruitment. He was dissuaded by his mentor from studying them due to their intelligence and their recalcitrance against reductive methods. Gaining their confidence would take years. Once he did so they allowed him to see an astonishing range of behaviors and they accepted him as a socius. This was research that took into account the interests of the ravens themselves to answer complicated questions about their behavior. Ravens also practice this intermingling of interests and action with wolves

Action (physics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Politeness · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Language and cultural evolution · Psychology · Philosophy

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