Wild Diplomacy by Baptiste Morizot, Catherine Porter - 9781438488400

Wild DiplomacyCohabiting with Wolves on a New Ontological Map\nAuthor(s): Baptiste Morizot, Catherine Porter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438488400, 978-1438488400\nSynopsis\nExplores how humans and wildlife such as wolves can cohabit with mutual respect in the same territories.\n\n2023 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title \n\nStarting from a specific case, the spontaneous return of wolves to France and the intense conflicts that event has triggered, the French philosopher Baptiste Morizot invites us to think about what he calls \""diplomacy with living beings.\"" How can we conceive of cohabitation with the most recalcitrant wildlife, large predators in particular, and what concrete solutions need to be invented to make this happen? Drawing on knowledge gleaned from history and philosophy as well as from ethology, scientific ecology, and biology, Wild Diplomacy prompts us to ask.