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Zoographies: the question of the animal from Heidegger to Derrida

By Matthew Calarco

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0231140223, 9780231140225
LCC
B105.A55 C35 2008
Google Books ID
I-YD0EhjwEsC
Open Library ID
OL16955320M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (26897593 bytes)
Pages
177\177
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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. (1/1/09)

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