| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 135 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : on the freedom of non-identity -- Otherwise than human (toward sovereignty) -- What is human recognition? (on zones of indistinction) -- Desubjectivation (Michel Foucault's aesthetics of experience) -- Becoming animal (some simple ways) -- Derrida's cat (who am I?). |
| Summary |
On Ceasing to be Human explores and develops a question posed by Stanley Cavell, "Can a human being be free of human nature?" particularly in terms of the link between freedom and nonidentity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human beings -- Philosophy.
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Human beings -- Philosophy. |
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Human beings. |
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Continental philosophy -- France.
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Continental philosophy. |
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France. |
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Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.
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Philosophy, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bruns, Gerald L. On ceasing to be human. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011 9780804772082 (DLC) 2010016752 (OCoLC)608687829 |
| ISBN |
9780804775823 (electronic book) |
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0804775826 (electronic book) |
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9780804772082 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804772088 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804772099 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0804772096 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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