UID:
edocfu_9960177798402883
Format:
1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:
1-350-01202-5
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1-350-01203-3
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1-350-01199-1
Content:
"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Note:
Includes index.
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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Slavoj Žižek -- 1. Oedipus the Horse -- 2. Before the Law -- 3. The Insane -- 4. Insecure, Anxious and Unhappy -- 5. Unemployed Animality -- 6. Dialectics of the Fish -- 7. The Shepherd of Being -- 8. Poor Life -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Also issued in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-01201-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-01200-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350012035