Wenning, Mario.

The Human-Animal Boundary : Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (243 pages) - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series . - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. CONTESTING EXCEPTIONALISM -- Ch01. Bridging the Abyss -- Ch02. Ramayana's Hanuman-Animal, Human, or Divine? -- C03. Aesop -- Part II. Representing the Human-Animal Boundary -- Ch04. "Zones of Non-Knowledge" -- Ch05. The Avoidance of Moral Responsibility toward Animals -- Ch06. The Cattle in the Long Cedar Springs Draw -- Ch07. Rewriting the Human-Animal Divide -- Ch08. Milton's Elephant -- Part III. RE-SITUATING THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOUNDARY -- Ch09. The Moral Duties of Dolphins -- Ch10. Great Apes and Lesser Humans -- Ch11. The Empress and the Beast -- Ch12. A Bestiary for the Anthropocene -- Index -- About the Contributors.

The Human-Animal Boundary shifts the traditional anthropocentric focus of philosophy and literature by combining the question "what is human?" with the question "what is animal?" The objective is to expand the imaginative scope of human-animal relationships by combining perspectives from different disciplines, traditions, and cultural backgrounds.

9781498557832


Human-animal relationships-History.
Human-animal relationships-Philosophy.
Human-animal relationships in literature.


Electronic books.

QL85 .H863 2019

113.8