Seshadri, Kalpana Rahita
Humanimal
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816677894
- author:
- Seshadri, Kalpana Rahita
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 13.97 x 2.29 x 21.59 centimetres
- Genre:
- Philosophy, Movements
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
HumAnimal explores the experience of dehumanization as the privation of speech. By examining the space between human and animal, Kalpana Seshadri traces an alternate political and ethical way of life beyond law.
The book employs deconstruction and an ontological critique of biopower to challenge the logocentric presumption that separates humans from animals. It also examines how this separation is used as a tool of power in racism, highlighting the intersections between Derrida's concept of the trace and Agamben's investigation of power.
Through its analysis, HumAnimal aims to question the boundaries between human and animal, and to understand the political and ethical consequences that arise from these distinctions. This nuanced exploration sheds light on the complex relationships between language, law, and power.
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