South Africa: Two new books explore a “more-than-human” approach to environmental history

Animals as Experiencing Entities: Theories and Historical Narratives endeavours to move the needle from abstractly recognising animals as subjects to theorising about animals’ experiences and specifically exploring their historical experiences.

Animals – or “non-human animals” as they are largely viewed in this collection of essays edited by Michale J Glover and Les Mitchell – take centre stage in this volume as agents of historical change.

“Animals’ hidden and interior…