Is it cruelty or playfulness to breed a variety of goldfish with dysfunctional bulging eyes? Was it an urge for dominance or benevolence that led ladies of eighteenth-century England to keep finely dressed black boys as their pets? Can we be said to abuse a plant when part of our pleasure lies in twisting its stem into the shape of an animal?
Is it cruelty or playfulness to breed a variety of goldfish with dysfunctional bulging eyes? Was it an urge for dominance or benevolence that led ladies of eighteenth-century England to keep finely dressed black boys as their pets? Can we be said to abuse a plant when part of our pleasure lies in twisting its stem into the shape of an animal?
This is a provocative book about the psychological impulse to “make pets”—to tame and control inanimate nature, animals, and other humans. Yi-Fu Tuan has amassed a wealth of evidence to show that the human urge for domination—even in the cultural and aesthetic realm—has exhibited itself repeatedly through the ages. He contends that we fail to understand the true nature of pleasure, play, and art unless we put power as well as affection somewhere close to its center.
When we view the beauty of a man-made landscape, we tend to forget that it was often initiated as an exercise in power; in the case of Louis XIV’s Versailles, for example, 30,000 soldiers had to labor day and night to bring water to the arid palace grounds. In the same way, the creation of topiary art and bonsai can be viewed in a dual light: as a playful, pleasurable activity or as a deliberate reminder of our ability to command and impose. Our relationship with animals is another vivid example of our inclination to control. Tuan contends that cruelty to animals is extremely widespread: breeding animals for aesthetic purpose and training them to perform are not only favored hobbies but examples of delight in willful manipulation.
The abuse of power is also seen in the treatment of those human members of a household who become patronized as pets. Children, women, servants, and entertainers have been at different times both highly valued and severely controlled—trained to approach the obedience of inanimate matter or mechanical toys.
Dominance and Affection is likely to change the way we look at ourselves and our “pets.” If it is sobering in the questions it raises about human nature, it is also irresistible in the nature of the varied and fascinating material it lays before the reader.
Introduction
Power and Dominance
Gardens of Power and of Caprice
Fountains and Plants
Animals：From Powers to Pets
Animal Pets：Cruelty and Affection
· · · · · ·
(更多)
Introduction
Power and Dominance
Gardens of Power and of Caprice
Fountains and Plants
Animals：From Powers to Pets
Animal Pets：Cruelty and Affection
Children and Women
Slaves, Dwarfs, Fools
Dominance and Affection：Conclusions
· · · · · · (收起)
the author illustrates "affection" , as the dominance with a human side, is applying to various subjects including gardening, petting, women and children...
在一个游戏的世界里，幻想轻易成为现实。——段义孚《制造宠物》 阅读段义孚的著作的感受是，十分享受。因为他用文字营造了浪漫的氛围。但他这本《制造宠物》（DOMINANCE and AFFECTION: The Making of Pets）讲述的并非是什么美好之事。仅以题目而言，“制造宠物”四字显然与...
(展开)
Yi-Fu Tuan’s Dominance and Affection is not, as its title might suggest, about people who like and love their oppressors. It is an account of the many ways in which the strong torment the weak of whom they claim to be fond. Overtly hostile acts produce vi...
(展开)
![[美国] 段义孚](https://img3.doubanio.com/img/author/medium/public/ek89Xw9yIpgcel_avatar_uploaded1517709827.23.jpg){kind=avatar}
mindpixel
亚当乐园
2 有用 chon 2022-09-11 14:53:37 中国澳门
關於權力應用的分析, 從山水畫, 盆景, 黑奴, 奴隸, 女性, 兒童, 侏儒, 特殊人士, 寵物(貓狗金魚)等身上體現了「主人」權力的應用, 以不斷地去規訓, 形塑這些被歸類為自類,低等, 孱弱範疇中的客體, 把他們視為「寵物」,以維繫他心中那穩控權力, 並處於宇宙中心的主人的幻想。
2 有用 [已注销] 2015-12-20 02:18:54
读到后面感受到本书的咸湿之处。作者以人文地理学的背景研究社会权力关系，很多点和社会学里对权力的研究呼应，甚至在play上和福柯呼应。非常有趣的一本书。前面部分读起来有趣但是没有引起太多思考，但是最后一章简直开挂了，非常thought provoking。非常棒的一本书。
0 有用 plasticinnabar 2023-02-22 22:51:52 广东
至于其他的别看精神分析了在最后一句话里明晰一种针对生活的古典精神吧
1 有用 休眠虾 2023-11-06 21:55:01 四川
亲密关系果然是段老的盲区他直接一笔带过hh
1 有用 廖芜 2023-02-13 08:58:41 美国
权力见闻录
1 有用 休眠虾 2023-11-06 21:55:01 四川
亲密关系果然是段老的盲区他直接一笔带过hh
0 有用 plasticinnabar 2023-02-22 22:51:52 广东
至于其他的别看精神分析了在最后一句话里明晰一种针对生活的古典精神吧
0 有用 多喝水喔！ 2023-02-19 21:06:37 北京
the author illustrates "affection" , as the dominance with a human side, is applying to various subjects including gardening, petting, women and children...
1 有用 廖芜 2023-02-13 08:58:41 美国
权力见闻录
0 有用 別有用心美少女 2022-11-28 21:22:17 英国
Illegal copy.