| Philosophy, Animality and the Life Sciences Contributor(s): Khandker, Wahida (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748676775 ISBN-13: 9780748676774 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Political - Nature | Animal Rights |
| Dewey: 179.3 |
| LCCN: 2014466301 |
| Series: Crosscurrents Eup |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (0.95 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using animals for scientific research is a highly contentious issue that Continental philosophers engaging with 'the animal question' have been rightly accused of shying away from. Now, Wahida Khandker asks whether Continental approaches to animality and organic life will make us reconsider our treatment of non-human animals. By following its historical and philosophical development, she argues that the concept of 'pathological life' as a means of understanding organic life as a whole plays a pivotal role in refiguring the human-animal distinction. She explores the significance of this across philosophy and the life sciences through the work of a number of key thinkers of life and process, from Henri Bergson to Donna Haraway. |