Zoontologies: The Question Of The Animal

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Zoontologies: The Question Of The Animal
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Cary Wolfe
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 149
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
Philosophy
Zoology and animal sciences
ISBN/Barcode 9780816641062
ClassificationsDewey:179.3
Audience
General
Undergraduate

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 29 January 2003
Publication Country United States

Description

Those nonhuman beings called "animals" pose philosophical and ethical questions that go to the root not just of what we think but of who we are. Their presence asks: what happens when "the other" can no longer safely be assumed to be human? This collection offers a set of incitements and coordinates for exploring how these issues have been represented in contemporary culture and theory, from Jurassic Park and the "horse whisperer" Monty Roberts, to the work of artists such as Joseph Beuys and William Wegman; from foundational texts on the animal in the works of Heidegger and Freud, to the postmodern rethinking of ethics and animals in figures such as Singer, Deleuze, Lyotard, and Levinas; from the New York Times investigation of a North Carolina slaughterhouse, to the first appearance in any language of Jacques Derrida's recent detailed critique of Lacan's rendering of the human/animal divide.