Animal-To-Come : Zoo-Politics in Deconstruction / Robert Briggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briggs, Robert, author.

Series:

Animalities.

Animalities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Robert Briggs lays out an original interpretation of Derrida's work which takes the question of the animal beyond the critique of political and philosophical anthropocentrism. Eschewing approaches grounded in animal vulnerability, Briggs reviews theories of power, politics and culture in terms of their capacity to enable novel images of zoopolitics. Along the way he engages with recently translated work in the emerging field of philosophical ethology, including Vinciane Despret's ''What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?'' (2016) and Dominique Lestel's empirical and constructivist phenomenology of human-animal relations. Through these and other interventions, Briggs departs from well-established positions in animal studies to develop new ways of thinking animal politics today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Zoopolitics in Deconstruction?

1 Following the Animal-To- Come . . .

2 Specifically Cultural

3 Zoopower

4 Political Animals

5 Responding (After Anthropos)

What Hope for the Animal-To-Come?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 23, 2022).

ISBN:

1-4744-9396-3

OCLC:

1312726749