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The Human-Animal Boundary : Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ecocritical Theory and Practice SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (243 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498557832
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Human-Animal BoundaryDDC classification:
  • 113.8
LOC classification:
  • QL85 .H863 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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