‘We Have Never Been Individuals’
How our sense of human exceptionalism fosters a psychological detachment to the natural world that limits our science and diminishes our understanding of ourselves and other species.
Christine Webb
Christine Webb is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University, where she is part of the Animal Studies program. She is a broadly trained primatologist with expertise in social behavior, culture, cognition, and emotion. Her research also explores how contemporary norms and institutions shape scientific knowledge of animals and the environment, with a critical emphasis on human exceptionalism. She is the author of The Arrogant Ape.