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| Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida | 
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Sales Rank: 258376 Category: Book
Author: Matthew Calarco Publisher: Columbia University Press Studio: Columbia University Press Manufacturer: Columbia University Press Label: Columbia University Press Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 169 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0231140231 Dewey Decimal Number: 179.3 EAN: 9780231140232 ASIN: 0231140231
Publication Date: June 6, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Zoographies challenges the anthropocentrism of the Continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, while some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. Matthew Calarco draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work of Heidegger, who called for a radicalized responsibility toward all forms of life. He also turns to Levinas, who raised questions about the nature and scope of ethics; Agamben, who held the "anthropological machine" responsible for the horrors of the twentieth century; and Derrida, who initiated a nonanthropocentric ethics. Calarco concludes with a call for the abolition of classical versions of the human-animal distinction and asks that we devise new ways of thinking about and living with animals.
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