Animal Lessons

Klappentext Philosophy reads humanity against animality! arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position! Kelly Oliver proves that! in fact! it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex! their habits! and our perception of their purpose! animals show us how not to be them. This kinship plays out in a number of ways. We sacrifice animals to establish human kinship! but without the animal! the bonds of "brotherhood" fall apart. Either kinship with animals is possible or kinship with humans is impossible. Philosophy holds that humans and animals are distinct! but in defending this position! the discipline depends on a discourse that relies on the animal for its very definition of the human

Product details

• Authors: Kelly Oliver
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.2009
• EAN: 9780231147279
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14727-9
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; NATURE / Animal Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, PSYCHOLOGY / Evolutionary Psychology, Animals and society, Earth Sciences, Structuralism and Post-structuralism