The Philosophical Animal: On Zoopoetics and Interspecies Cosmopolitanism

by Eduardo Mendieta

Book Overview

Humans are animals who fictionalize other animals to asse their ""humanness."" We are philosophical animals who philosophize about our humanity by projecting images onto a mirror about other animals. Spanning literature, philosophy, and ethics, the thread uniting The Philosophical Animal is the bestiary and how it continues to inform our imaginings. Beginning with an exploration of animals and women in the literary work of Coetzee, famous for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143849811X
• ISBN13: 9781438498119
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"