Through a combination of social theory, polemic and close attention to empirical detail, author Nigel Thrift demonstrates how and why cities cause mass animal death and hasten the destruction of the planet. The book then attempts to set out how ′we′ can navigate out of the current situation and towards a world in which cities no longer act as killers but become aligned with the lives of other beings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Content:

Chapter 1: An uncommon humanity; Part I: Cities;

Chapter 2: The Urban World; Part II: Life;

Chapter 3: Thinking Animals;

Chapter 4: Animals Thinking; Part III: Death;

Chapter 5: The Animal City;

Chapter 6: The City of Surplus Death;

Chapter 7: Not Meat but Still Dead;

Chapter 8: But Some Animals Do Adapt to the City; Part IV: A New Settlement;

Chapter 9: Dreaming More Human Cities 1;

Chapter 10: Dreaming More Human Cities 2;

Chapter 11: There is Another World but It Is This One.