This book aims to rescue the reputation donkeys have for being foolish and how it’s practically an insult to call someone a donkey.

The University of Melbourne historian aims to “reclaim the ass” from its trope of foolishness and being synonymous with human idiocy. The book “pays an apt tribute to a dumb beast of burden that is also a symbol of true humility,” according to Paul Wackers at the University of Utrecht.

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