Ron Broglio considers artists, including Damien Hirst, Carolee Schneemann, Olly and Suzi and Marcus Coates who take seriously the world of the animal on its own terms.
What it is like to be an animal? Ron Broglio wants to know from the inside, from underneath the fur and feathers. In examining this question, he bypasses the perspectives of biology or natural history to explore how one can construct an animal phenomenology, to think and feel as…
Human error: species-being and media machines
by ProQuest (Firm), Pettman, Dominic
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Human error: species-being and media machines
by ebrary, Inc, Pettman, Dominic
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Introduction : the human element -- Bear life : tracing an opening in grizzly man -- Zooicide : animal love and human justice -- After the beep : answering machines and creaturely life -- The war on terra : from political economy to libidinal ecology -- Conclusion : human remain…
What exactly is the human element separating humans from animals and machines? The common answers that immediately come to mind--like art, empathy, or technology--fall apart under close inspection. Dominic Pettman argues that it is a mistake to define such rigid distinctions in …
A turn to the animal is underway in the humanities, most obviously in such fields as philosophy, literary studies, cultural studies, and religious studies. One important catalyst for this development has been the remarkable body of animal theory issuing from such thinkers as Jac…