Derrida and other animals : the boundaries of the human / Judith Still.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Still, Judith, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals (Philosophy).

Human beings--Animal nature.

Human beings.

Derrida, Jacques. Bête et le souverain.

Derrida, Jacques.

Local Subjects:

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

viii, 408 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Judith Still offers a comprehensive discussion of Derrida's contribution to the long-standing philosophical and political debate which insists on defining 'man' against 'the animal'. She makes extensive reference to the two volumes recently published, in French and English, of Derrida's seminar series The Beast and the Sovereign, with particular attention to his source texts such as Defoe, Hobbes, La Fontaine, Rousseau, Agamben and Heidegger. Added to this close reading of Derrida is a consideration of contemporary women's writings on animals, including work by Carter, Cixous, Darrieussecq, Duffy, NDiaye, Tsvetaeva and Vivien. The result is a challenging series of case studies of the ways in which the defining of man against animality has had an impact on animals and also on those human beings defined as less than fully human - savages, slaves and women. It will appeal to those interested in Derrida and in animal studies, and how these relate to questions of enduring human inequalities whether based on race or sex. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Man is a Wolf to Man 67

3 The Love of the Wolf 110

4 The Savage 182

5 The Slave 249

6 Women and Other Animals: Working Metamorphoses 304

7 Wanting Conclusion 358.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748680979

0748680977

OCLC:

898926507