Philosophy, animality and the life sciences /
A study of pathological concepts of animal life in Continental philosophy from Bergson to Haraway, Amongst contemporary debates about our relation to non-human animals, our use of them for scientific research remains a hugely contentious issue, and one that many Continental philosophical engagements...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh [Scotland] :
Edinburgh University Press,
c2014
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2014] Edinburgh : [2014] |
| Series: | Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)
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| Summary: | A study of pathological concepts of animal life in Continental philosophy from Bergson to Haraway, Amongst contemporary debates about our relation to non-human animals, our use of them for scientific research remains a hugely contentious issue, and one that many Continental philosophical engagements with 'the animal question' have (rightly) Seen accused of shying away from. But can Continental approaches to the categories of animality and organic life help us to reconsider our treatment of non-human animals? Wahida Khandker looks at the philosophical assumptions underpinning these debates by following the historical and philosophical development of the concept of 'pathological life' as a means of understanding organic life as a whole. 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, and argues that the concept of pathological life plays a pivotal role in contemporary reconfigurations of the human-animal distinction. Book jacket 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, can continental approaches to animality and organic life make us reconsider our treatment of non-human animals? By following its historical and philosophical development, Khandker 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 |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 159 p. ; 24 cm viii, 159 pages ; 24 cm viii, 159 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0748676775 (cloth) 0748676775 (hbk) 0748676775 9780748676774 (cloth) 9780748676774 (hbk) 9780748676774 |