"Much of the book's charm comes from its quicksilver turns, deft transitions and momentary flashes of family resemblance amid a rich array of ways of life."---Simone Gubler, Times Literary Supplement

"Keane asks us to imagine Confucian robots, or artificial intelligence as conceived by cultures that locate the self across multiple bodies and lifetimes. These, too, may soon be more than thought experiments."---Wessir du Toit, Unherd

"Captivating. . . . Keane explores all kinds of fascinating material in his book, most of it taking place 'at the edge of the human.'"---Mark Epstein, New York Times

"In Animals, Robots, Gods, Keane embarks on a global journey across our messy moral terrains. Right from the outset, he prepares the reader to accept that identifying an always-applicable law might not be possible, as moral traditions are complex, contingent, and culturally specific. This imbues the discourse on the moral status of nonhumans with just the kind of crosscultural sensitivity that only anthropology can offer. . . . [A] fresh, accessible [entrant] to the burgeoning literature on the more-than-human world and our obligations toward it."---Joshua C. Gellers, Science