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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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Main Author: Khandker, Wahida (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, c2014
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2014]
Edinburgh : [2014]
Series:Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Forces of nature : evolution, divergence, decimation
  • Pathological life and the limits of medical perception
  • Violence, pathos and animal life in European philosophy and critical animal studies
  • From animal-machines to cybernetic organisms ...
  • Organicism and complexity : Whitehead and Kauffman
  • Aped, mongrelised and scapegoated : adventures in biopolitics and transgenics in Harraway's animal worlds
  • Epilogue : a vicious circle
  • note: 1 Forces of Nature: Evolution, Divergence, Decimation
  • 2. Pathological Life and the Limits of Medical Perception
  • 3. Violence, Pathos and Animal Life in European Philosophy and Critical Animal Studies
  • 4. From Animal-Machines to Cybernetic Organisms
  • 5. Organicism and Complexity: Whitehead and Kauffman
  • 6. Aped, Mongrelised and Scapegoated: Adventures in Biopolitics and Transgenics in Haraway's Animal Worlds.
  • 1 Forces of Nature: Evolution, Divergence, Decimation 12
  • 2 Pathological Life and the Limits of Medical Perception 35
  • 3 Violence, Pathos and Animal Life in European Philosophy and Critical Animal Studies 57
  • 4 From Animal-Machines to Cybernetic Organisms.. 77
  • 5 Organicism and Complexity: Whitehead and Kauffman 98
  • 6 Aped, Mongrelised and Scapegoated: Adventures in Biopolitics and Transgenics in Haraway's Animal Worlds 120.