Thinking Through Animals: Identity, Difference, Indistinction

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Thinking Through Animals: Identity, Difference, Indistinction

The rapidly expanding field of critical animal studies now offers a myriad of theoretical and philosophical positions from which to choose. This timely book provides an overview and analysis of the most influential of these trends. Approachable and concise, it is intended for readers sympathetic to the project of changing our ways of thinking about and interacting with animals yet relatively new to the variety of philosophical ideas and figures in the discipline. It uses three rubricsâ€”identity, difference, and indistinctionâ€”to differentiate three major paths of thought about animals. The identity approach aims to establish continuity among human beings and animals so as to grant animals equal access to the ethical and political community. The difference framework views the animal world as containing its own richly complex and differentiated modes of existence in order to allow for a more expansive ethical and political worldview. The indistinction approach argues that we should abandon the notion that humans are unique in order to explore new ways of conceiving human-animal relations. Each approach is interrogated for its relative strengths and weaknesses, with specific emphasis placed on the kinds of transformational potential it contains.

Country	USA
Author	Matthew Calarco
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780804796538
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Stanford Briefs
Manufacturer	Stanford Briefs
NumberOfPages	90
PublicationDate	2015-06-24
Publisher	Stanford Briefs
ReleaseDate	2015-06-24
Studio	Stanford Briefs

Thinking Through Animals: Identity, Difference, Indistinction

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