Animal Others: On Ethics, Ontology, and Animal Life (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Animal Others brings together original contributions that explore the status of animals from the continental philosophy perspective. Examined are the moral status of animals, the question of animal minds, an understanding of what it is to be an animal and what it is to be with an animal, as well as the roles animals play in the work of philosophers such as Husserl, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida. Those already immersed in continental philosophy will find the subject matter of the animal to be a new interest and a promising new venture. Analytic philosophers and other academics will be rewarded by a different approach to old questions, while the general reader interested in animal rights issues will discover new arguments to back up their positions and fresh challenges which may question long-held beliefs. Contributors include Ralph R. Acampora, Elizabeth A. Behnke, Lynda Birke, Carleton Dallery, James G. Hart, Monika Langer, Steven W. Laycock, Alphonso Lingis, William McNeill, Luciana Parisi, H. Peter Steeves, and David Wood. Animal Others Brings Together Original Contributions That Explore The Status Of Animals From The Continental Philosophy Perspective. Examined Are The Moral Status Of Animals, The Question Of Animal Minds, An Understanding Of What It Is To Be An Animal And What It Is To Be With An Animal, As Well As The Roles Animals Play In The Work Of Philosophers Such As Husserl, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Merleau-ponty, And Derrida.--jacket. Comment Ne Pas Manger: Deconstruction And Humanism / David Wood -- Bestiality / Alphonso Lingis -- Animals Becoming / Lynda Birke And Luciana Parisi -- The Role And Status Of Animals In Nietzsche's Philosophy / Monika Langer -- From Merleau-ponty's Concept Of Nature To An Interspecies Practice Of Peace / Elizabeth A. Behnke -- Bodily Being And Animal World: Toward A Somatology Of Cross-species Community / Ralph R. Acampora -- They Say Animals Can Smell Fear / H. Peter Steeves -- Transcendental Phenomenology And The Eco-community / James G. Hart -- Life Beyond The Organism: Animal Being In Heidegger's Freiburg Lectures, 1929-1930 / William Mcneill -- Into The Truth With Animals / Carleton Dallery -- The Animal As Animal: A Plea For Open Conceptuality / Steven W. Laycock. Edited By H. Peter Steeves ; Foreword By Tom Regan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Explores questions concerning animals from a continental perspective.Animal Others brings together original contributions that explore the status of animals from the continental philosophy perspective. Examined are the moral status of animals, the question of animal minds, an understanding of what it is to be an animal and what it is to be with an animal, as well as the roles animals play in the work of philosophers such as Husserl, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida.Those already immersed in continental philosophy will find the subject matter of the animal to be a new interest and a promising new venture. Analytic philosophers and other academics will be rewarded by a different approach to old questions, while the general reader interested in animal rights issues will discover new arguments to back up their positions and fresh challenges which may question long-held beliefs.Contributors include Ralph R. Acampora, Elizabeth A. Behnke, Lynda Birke, Carleton Dallery, James G. Hart, Monika Langer, Steven W. Laycock, Alphonso Lingis, William McNeill, Luciana Parisi, H. Peter Steeves, and David Wood.H. Peter Steeves is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. His previous work includes Founding Community: A Phenomenological-Ethical Inquiry.