History of Animals: A Philosophy

AvOxana Timofeeva

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Oxana Timofeeva's The History of Animals: A Philosophy is an original and ambitious treatment of the "animal question". While philosophers have always made distinctions between human beings and animals, Timofeeva imagines a world free of such walls and borders. Timofeeva shows the way towards the full acceptance of our animality; an acceptance which does not mean the return to our animal roots, or anything similar. The freedom generated by this acceptance operates through negativity; is an effect of the rejection of the very core of metaphysical philosophy and Christian culture, traditionally opposed to our ‘animal’ nature and seemingly detached from it.With a foreword by Slavoj Žižek, this book is accessible, jargon-free and ideal for students and all those interested in re-imagining how we engage with animals and the environment.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-03
Mått:129 x 198 x 16 mm
Vikt:354 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350012004

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Oxana Timofeeva is Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the European University at St. Petersberg, Russia. Slavoj Žižek is one of the world's leading contemporary cultural critics and a hugely prolific author. He is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, UK, and Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, New York, USA.

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[A] unique and extensive historical analysis of various conceptions of the animal and animality in Western thought … Timofeeva’s scholarship is impressive ... [The] book is thought provoking and an excellent resource for those interested in the place of the animal and animality in Western thought. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.

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prefaceacknowledgementsForeword by Slavoj Žižek1. Oedipus the Horse2. Before the Law3. The Insane4. Insecure, Anxious and Unhappy5. Unemployed Animality6. Dialectics of the Fish7. The Shepherd of Being8. Poor Lifebibliographyindex