{"product_id":"animal-lessons-kelly-oliver-9780231147279","title":"Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that \"man\" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits, and our perception of their purpose, animals show us how not to be them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis kinship plays out in a number of ways. We sacrifice animals to establish human kinship, but without the animal, the bonds of \"brotherhood\" fall apart. Either kinship with animals is possible or kinship with humans is impossible. Philosophy holds that humans and animals are distinct, but in defending this position, the discipline depends on a discourse that relies on the animal for its very definition of the human. Through these and other examples, Oliver does more than just establish an animal ethics. She transforms ethics by showing how its very origin is dependent upon the animal. Examining for the first time the treatment of the animal in the work of Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Agamben, Freud, Lacan, and Kristeva, among others, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the animal bites back, thereby reopening the question of the animal for philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231147279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231147279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Kelly Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056688427263,"sku":"9780231147279","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99fafb6e-24b6-424b-92ef-9facf8897a43.jpg?v=1685042708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/animal-lessons-kelly-oliver-9780231147279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}