Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida - Couverture souple

Calarco, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231140231 ISBN 13 : 9780231140232

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231140231
• ISBN 13: 9780231140232
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 169
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