Before the Law: Humans and Other Animals in a Biopolitical Frame

by Cary Wolfe

Book Overview

Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two emergent areas of thought into direct conversation in Before the Law, Cary Wolfe fosters a new discussion about the status of nonhuman animals and the shared plight of humans and animals under biopolitics. Wolfe argues that the human­­­-animal distinction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226922413
• ISBN13: 9780226922416
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"