Humanish

What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize

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By Justin Gregg

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$27.99

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  1. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $27.99
  2. Hardcover $30.00 $40.00 CAD

  • If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal makes some extraordinary and thought-provoking points. It is not only engagingly written, but its controversial thesis is worth taking seriously… some of the cognitive concepts introduced… are nothing less than brilliant.” 
    David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal (for If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal)
  • “A dazzling, delightful read on what animal cognition can teach us about our own mental shortcomings. You won’t just tear through this book in one sitting—you’ll probably want to invite Justin Gregg over for dinner to spend more time inside his brilliant mind. This is one of the best debuts I’ve read in a long time, and I dare you to open it without rethinking some of your basic ideas about intelligence.”  
    Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again (for If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal)
  • “A snappy read: it left me wondering why we don't respect signals of intelligence from other species—and more deeply consider how our own intelligence works against us.” 
    Amy Brady, Scientific American (for If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal)

On Sale
Sep 9, 2025
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781668651445

Justin Gregg

About the Author

Justin Gregg is a Senior Research Associate with the Dolphin Communication Project and an Adjunct Professor at St. Francis Xavier University, where he lectures on animal behavior and cognition. He is author of the bestselling book If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal. Originally from Vermont, Gregg studied the echolocation abilities of wild dolphins in Japan and The Bahamas. He currently lives in rural Nova Scotia, where he writes about science and contemplates the inner lives of the crows that live near his home.
 

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