Beyond the Anthropological Difference

Beyond the Anthropological Difference
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 107
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ISBN-10 : 9781108851817
ISBN-13 : 1108851819
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Book Synopsis Beyond the Anthropological Difference by : Matthew Calarco

Download or read book Beyond the Anthropological Difference written by Matthew Calarco and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this Element is to provide a novel framework for gaining a critical grasp on the present situation concerning animals. It offers reflections on resisting the established order as well as suggestions on what forms alternative, pro-animal ways of life might take. The central argument of the book is that the search for an anthropological difference - that is, for a marker of human uniqueness determined by way of a sharp human/animal distinction - should be set aside. In place of this traditional way of differentiating human beings from animals, the author sketches an alternative way of thinking and living in relation to animals based on indistinction, a concept that points toward the unexpected and profound ways in which human beings share in animal life, death, and potentiality. The implications of this approach are then examined in view of practical and theoretical discussions in the environmental humanities and related fields.


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