Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida

Calarco, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0231140231 / ISBN 13: 9780231140232

Editore: Columbia University Press, 2008

Paperback. Binding sound, text clean, light shelfwear. Codice articolo 5059323

Riassunto:

Zoographies challenges the anthropocentrism of the Continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, while some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. Matthew Calarco draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work of Heidegger, who called for a radicalized responsibility toward all forms of life. He also turns to Levinas, who raised questions about the nature and scope of ethics; Agamben, who held the "anthropological machine" responsible for the horrors of the twentieth century; and Derrida, who initiated a nonanthropocentric ethics. Calarco concludes with a call for the abolition of classical versions of the human-animal distinction and asks that we devise new ways of thinking about and living with animals.

Informazioni sull'autore: Matthew Calarco is assistant professor of philosophy at California State University, Fullerton. His books include On Levinas; Animal Philosophy: Essential Readings in Continental Thought; and The Continental Ethics Reader.

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Titolo: Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from...
Casa editrice: Columbia University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2008
Legatura: Soft cover
Condizione: Very Good
Tipologia articolo: Book