Matthew Calarco (CSU Fullerton Chair)

The Boundaries of Human Nature

The Philosophical Animal from Plato to Haraway

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Produktbeschreibung

Matthew Calarco explores key issues in the philosophy of animals and their significance for our contemporary world. The Boundaries of Human Nature shows readers why philosophy can help transform not just the way we think about animals but also how we interact with them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 137mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9780231194730
• ISBN-10: 0231194730
• Artikelnr.: 62111693

Autorenporträt

Matthew Calarco is professor of philosophy at California State University, Fullerton. His books include Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida (Columbia, 2008) and Beyond the Anthropological Difference (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Plato's Pigs
2. Aristotle's Wonderful Animals
3. Cynicism's Dogs
4. Jainism's Birds
5. Plutarch's Grunter
6. Descartes's Beast-Machine
7. Kant's Elephants
8. Bentham's Suffering Animal
9. Nietzsche's Overhuman Animal
10. Derrida's Cat
11. Adams's Absent Referent
12. Plumwood's Crocodile
13. Haraway's Companion Species
Notes
Index