Animal theory : a critical introduction
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Animal theory : a critical introduction
Edinburgh University Press, c2015
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hardback ISBN 9780748682195
Description
This text outlines the significance of the animal for thinkers including Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Donna Haraway, Peter Singer, Giorgio Agamben and Rosi Braidotti. There are chapters on Theorising Human and Animal; Animals as Humans; Animal Ontology; Animal Life; Animal Ethics; and Future Directions in Animal Theory.
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: pbk ISBN 9780748682201
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From caged orangutans to roasted pig, from dog training to horse phobias, from communicating bees to ruminating cows, Derek Ryan explores how animals are encountered in theoretical discourse. Over the course of an introduction and four thematically organised chapters on 'Animals as Humans', 'Animal Ontology', 'Animal Life' and 'Animal Ethics', he critically engages with a diverse range of ancient, modern and contemporary thinkers including Aristotle, Plutarch, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hume, Locke, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Lacan, Nagel, Levinas, Deleuze, Derrida, Singer, Regan, Diamond, Adams, Haraway, Nussbaum, Badiou and Braidotti. To supplement the theoretical material, each chapter contains lively close readings of contemporary literary texts by Carter, Coetzee, Auster and Foer. Intended as a resource for researchers, students, teachers and all those interested in human-animal relationships, Animal Theory: A Critical Introduction provides an accessible and authoritative account of the challenges and potential in thinking about and with animals.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Animals as Humans
- 2. Animal Ontology
- 3. Animal Life
- 4. Animal Ethics
- Index
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