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Title Demenageries : thinking (of) animals after Derrida / edited by Anne Emmanuelle Berger and Marta Segarra.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (267 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Critical studies ; vol. 35
Critical studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; vol. 35.
Note Title from PDF title page (viewed July 20, 2011).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Cover; Cover; Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of Contents; Thoughtprints; Thoughtprints; 1. Animal Writes: Derrida's Que Donc and Other Tails; 1. Animal Writes: Derrida's Que Donc and Other Tails; 2. On a Serpentine Note; 2. On a Serpentine Note; 3. Ver(s): Toward a Spirituality of One's Own; 3. Ver(s): Toward a Spirituality of One's Own; 4. When Sophie Loved Animals; 4. When Sophie Loved Animals; 5. Deconstruction and Petting: Untamed Animots in Derrida and Kafka; 5. Deconstruction and Petting: Untamed Animots in Derrida and Kafka.
Summary Demenageries, Thinking (of) Animals after Derrida is a collection of essays on animality following Jacques Derrida's work. The Western philosophical tradition separated animals from men by excluding the former from everything that was considered "proper to man": laughing, suffering, mourning, and above all, thinking. The "animal" has traditionally been considered the absolute Other of humans. This radical otherness has served as the rationale for the domination, exploitation and slaughter of animals. What Derrida called " la pensée de l'animal " (which means both thinking concerning the animal.
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Subject Derrida, Jacques -- Criticism and interpretation.
Derrida, Jacques.
Criticism and interpretation.
Derrida, Jacques -- Criticism and interpretation.
Animals.
Animals.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Berger, Anne-Emmanuelle, 1958-
Segarra, Marta.
Other Form: Print version: Berger, Anne Emmanuelle. Demenageries : Thinking (of) Animals after Derrida. Amsterdam : Rodopi, ©2011 9789042033504
ISBN 9789401200493 (electronic book)
9401200491 (electronic book)
9042033509
9789042033504
9789042033504