Derrida and Our Animal Others : Derrida's Final Seminar, the Beast and the Sovereign.
Title:
Derrida and Our Animal Others : Derrida's Final Seminar, the Beast and the Sovereign.
Author:
Krell, David Farrell.
ISBN:
9780253009456
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (196 pages)
Series:
Studies in Continental Thought
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Beast and the Sovereign I -- 2. The Beast and the Sovereign II -- 3. How Follow the Animal . . . That I Am? -- 4. Is There a Touchstone for All Philosophy? -- 5. Is Apophantic Discourse the Touchstone? -- 6. Conclusions and Directions for Future Research -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Jacques Derrida's final seminars were devoted to animal life and political sovereignty-the connection being that animals slavishly adhere to the law while kings and gods tower above it and that this relationship reveals much about humanity in the West. David Farrell Krell offers a detailed account of these seminars, placing them in the context of Derrida's late work and his critique of Heidegger. Krell focuses his discussion on questions such as death, language, and animality. He concludes that Heidegger and Derrida share a commitment to finding new ways of speaking and thinking about human and animal life.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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