Multi-Species Dementia Studies - by Nicholas Jenkins & Anna Jack-Waugh & Louise Ritchie (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Responding to the global dementia challenge, however, affects more than humans alone. We live in a multi-species world but often think about dementia in mono-species ways. From the lab to the living room, other beings are "on the scene" and our relations with them affect how we understand, experience, and respond to dementia. Drawing on cutting-edge work across the social and biological sciences, this book offers readers the tools to respond to dementia in multi-species ways. By exploring a range of topics, from pathology to personhood, contributors highlight how thinking about dementia as a more-than-human phenomenon may enable new ways of responding to our global dementia challenge.

Review Quotes

"Deeply insightful and innovative, these essays will intrigue readers across a range of disciplines. The recognition of posthumanist modes of co-becoming are both intellectually and emotionally engaging." Margrit Shildrick, Stockholm University

"This eclectic and surprisingly moving text opens up a fresh and exciting direction for dementia studies. It issues a thoughtful and well-argued challenge to the very foundations of our thinking about dementia." Richard Ward, University of Stirling

About the Author

Nicholas Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of the West of Scotland and a former Chancellor's Fellow of the University of Edinburgh.

Anna Jack Waugh is Senior Lecturer in Dementia at the Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice at the University of the West of Scotland.

Louise Ritchie is Reader in Dementia Research at the Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice at the University of the West of Scotland.