UID:
edocfu_9961448673002883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
0-231-55096-0
Content:
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.
Note:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- 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.
,
In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-231-19472-2
Language:
English
