TY  - GEN
AU  - Timofeeva, Oxana
TI  - The history of animals: a philosophy 
SN  - 9781350012011
U1  - 591 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Animal question - Ambitious treatment
KW  - Animality - Acceptance
KW  - Animal nature - Philosophy
KW  - Dignity of animals - Philosophical
KW  - Posthumanism
KW  - Animal studies
N2  - Oxana Timofeeva's The History of Animals: A Philosophy is an original and ambitious treatment of the "animal question". While philosophers have always made distinctions between human beings and animals, Timofeeva imagines a world free of such walls and borders. Timofeeva shows the way towards the full acceptance of our animality; an acceptance which does not mean the return to our animal roots, or anything similar. The freedom generated by this acceptance operates through negativity; is an effect of the rejection of the very core of metaphysical philosophy and Christian culture, traditionally opposed to our 'animal' nature and seemingly detached from it.

With a foreword by Slavoj Žižek, this book is accessible, jargon-free and ideal for students and all those interested in re-imagining how we engage with animals and the environment.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-history-of-animals-a-philosophy-9781350012028
ER  -