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The Philosophical Animal: On Zoopoetics and Interspecies Cosmopolitanism

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Availability:In StockContributor:Eduardo MendietaSeries:Suny Press Open AccessPublish date:2024-12-02Pages:266
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438498119ISBN-10:143849811XUPC:9781438498119Book Category:Philosophy, NatureBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Movements, AnimalsBook Topic:DeconstructionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCA5TQ3B6S
Humans are animals who fictionalize other animals to asse their ""humanness."" We are philosophical animals who philosophize about our humanity by projecting images onto a mirror about other animals. Spanning literature, philosophy, and ethics, the thread uniting The Philosophical Animal is the bestiary and how it continues to inform our imaginings. Beginning with an exploration of animals and women in the literary work of Coetzee, famous for his book on the Lives of Animals, Eduardo Mendieta then dives into the genre of bestiaries in order to investigate the relation between humanity and animality. From there he approaches the works of Derrida and Habermas from the standpoint of genetic engineering and animal studies. While we have intensely modified many species genetically, we have not done this to ourselves. Why? Finally, Mendieta deals with the political and ethical implications suggested by this question before ending on an autobiographical note about growing up around so-called animals, and in particular horses.
This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)-a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries-and the generous support of Penn State. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: https: //openmonographs.org/. It can also be found in the SUNY Open Access Repository at https: //soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.12648/14967 .
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438498119ISBN-10:143849811XUPC:9781438498119Book Category:Philosophy, NatureBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Movements, AnimalsBook Topic:DeconstructionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCA5TQ3B6S
Eduardo Mendieta is Professor of Philosophy and Latina/o studies at Penn State University. He is the author of several books, including Global Fragments: Globalizations, Latinamericanisms, and Critical Theory, also published by SUNY Press.
Publisher: State University of New York Press

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