"Derrida wrote extensively on "the question of the animal." In particular, he challenged Heidegger's, Husserl's, and other philosophers' work on the subject, questioning their phenomenological criteria for distinguishing humans from animals. Examining a range of Derrida's writin…
Derrida wrote extensively on ""the question of the animal."" In particular, he challenged Heidegger's, Husserl's, and other philosophers' work on the subject, questioning their phenomenological criteria for distinguishing humans from animals. Examining a range of Derrida's writi…
A central thinker on the question of the animal in continental thought, ?lisabeth de Fontenay moves in this volume from Jacques Derrida?s uneasily intimate writing on animals to a passionate frontal engagement with political and ethical theory as it has been applied to animals?a…
This study pursues the investigation Fontenay began in her magnum opus, 'The Silence of the Beasts: Philosophy Confronts Animality' with a series of essays of somewhat more topical reach. Fontenay's perspective is resolutely informed by Continental Philosophy, which brings her t…
Le débat autour des droits de l'animal fait l'objet d'âpres discussions quant aux critères retenus pour affirmer que les animaux souffrent, sont conscients, désirent ... La philosophie du langage ordinaire donne de nouvelles ouvertures et invite à redécouvrir cet animal qui est …
The seventeen contributions to this volume, written by leading experts, show that animals and humans in Graeco-Roman antiquity are interconnected on a variety of different levels and that their encounters and interactions often result from their belonging to the same structures,…