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Animal lessons : how they teach us to be human / Kelly Oliver.
| Author/creator | Oliver, Kelly, 1958- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009. |
| Description | x, 364 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : biting the hand that feeds you : the role of animals in philosophies of man -- What's wrong with animal rights? -- The right to remain silent -- Animal pedagogy -- You are what you eat : Rousseau's cat -- Say the human responded : Herder's sheep -- Difference "worthy of its name" -- "Hair of the dog" : Derrida's and Rousseau's good taste -- Sexual difference, animal difference : Derrida's sexy silkworm -- It's our fault -- The beaver's struggle with species-being : De Beauvoir and the praying mantis -- Answering the call of nature : Lacan walking the dog -- Estranged kinship -- The abyss between humans and animals : Heidegger puts the bee in being -- "Strange kinship" : Merleau-Ponty's sensuous stickleback -- Stopping the anthropological machine : Agamben's ticktocking tick -- Psychoanalysis and the science of kinship -- Psychoanalysis as animal by-product : Freud's zoophilia -- Animal abjects, maternal abjects : Kristeva's strays -- Conclusion: sustainable ethics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009019725 |
| ISBN | 9780231147262 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231147260 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231520492 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0231520492 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0231147279 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780231147279 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B105 .A55 O45 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |