| The Animal Side Contributor(s): Bailly, Jean-Christophe (Author), Porter, Catherine (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0823234444 ISBN-13: 9780823234448 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Nature | Animal Rights |
| Dewey: 179.3 |
| LCCN: 2011013271 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.25 lbs) 100 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Animal Side is a manifesto on the importance of animals for human thought. It attempts to characterize the importance, for human beings, of the fact that animals exist. Adopting a philosophical and poetic approach, the book seeks to show that animals' ways of inhabiting the earth are, for human consciousness, an expansion and an exploration of what philosophers and poets have tried to name by speaking of the Open.Beginning with the story of an encounter with a deer on a road at night, the book proceeds by showing that, beyond the diversity of animal life and the ways animals differ from human beings, there is a layer of the perceptibleon which we all draw, humans and animals alike, in our own ways. At present, however, this layer itself is at risk. Thus the book can also be read as a defense and illustration of animals' modes ofbeing, and as a plea for their survival. |
Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Catherine: - Catherine Porter is Professor Emerita, SUNY College at Cortland; a former president of the Modern Language Association; and a renowned translator of French philosophy and theory.Bailly, Jean-Christophe: - Jean-Christophe Bailly teaches at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Nature et du Paysage, in Blois, France. His books include The Animal Side as well as many other books and artists' catalogs in French. |