Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the bestselling author of nine books on the emotional life of animals and a former professor of Sanskrit at the University of Toronto. Masson presents his new book, Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology, the Department of Anthropology, the Center for Community Service Learning, and Alpha Kappa Delta, the Sociology Honors Society.
WHO: Jeffrey Masson, PhD
Bestselling Author
WHAT: Presentation of his new book, Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
WHEN: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theatre
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110
Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
For more information about the event, please visit us online at www.sandiego.edu/cas/events.
For more information about Jeffrey Masson, please visit http://www.jeffreymasson.com/.
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