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On ceasing to be human / Gerald L. Bruns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruns, Gerald L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--Philosophy.
- Human beings.
- Continental philosophy--France.
- Continental philosophy.
- Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On Ceasing to be Human explores and develops a question posed by Stanley Cavell, ""Can a human being be free of human nature?"" particularly in terms of the link between freedom and nonidentity.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Prologue: On the Freedom of Non-Identity; 1. Otherwise Than Human (Toward Sovereignty); 2. What Is Human Recognition? (On Zones of Indistinction); 3. Desubjectivation (Michel Foucault's Aesthetics of Experience); 4. Becoming Animal (Some Simple Ways); 5. Derrida's Cat (Who Am I?); Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804775823
- 0804775826
- OCLC:
- 681351983
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