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The Philosophical Animal: On Zoopoetics and Interspecies Cosmopolitanism

The Philosophical Animal: On Zoopoetics and Interspecies Cosmopolitanism

Mendieta, Eduardo

Hardcover

Series: Suny Press Open Access

PhilosophyGeneral Animals

ISBN10: 1438498098
ISBN13: 9781438498096
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jun 1 2024
Pages: 266
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Argues that humans are animals that philosophize about their condition by fictionalizing other animals.

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.

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