(Ebook) Animal Philosophy: Essential Readings in Continental Thought by Matthew Calarco, Peter Atterton ISBN 9780826464132, 9780826464149, 0826464130, 0826464149

(Ebook) Animal Philosophy: Essential Readings in Continental Thought by Matthew Calarco, Peter Atterton ISBN 9780826464132, 9780826464149, 0826464130, 0826464149

Animal Philosophy is the first text to look at the place and treatment of animals in Continental thought. A collection of essential primary and secondary readings on the animal question, it brings together contributions from the following key Continental thinkers: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Bataille, Levinas, Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, Derrida, Ferry, Cixous, and Irigaray.Each reading is followed by commentary and analysis from a leading contemporary thinker. The coverage of the subject is exceptionally broad, ranging across perspectives that include existentialism, poststructuralism, postmodernism, phenomenology and feminism. This anthology is an invaluable one-stop resource for anyone researching, teaching or studying animal ethics and animal rights in the fields of philosophy, cultural studies, literary theory, sociology, environmental studies and gender and women's studies.