{"product_id":"animal-theory-derek-ryan-9780748682201","title":"Animal Theory: A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003eA critical introduction to theoretical approaches to animals and animality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom caged orangutans to roasted pig, from dog training to horse phobias, from communicating bees to ruminating cows, Derek Ryan explores how animals are encountered in theoretical discourse. Across four thematically organised chapters on 'Animals as Humans', 'Animal Ontology', 'Animal Life' and 'Animal Ethics' he offers extended discussions of Nietzsche, Freud, Lacan, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Deleuze, Singer, Nussbaum, Adams and Haraway among others, as well as lively readings of contemporary literary texts by Carter, Coetzee, Auster and Foer. Intended as a resource for researchers, students, teachers and all those interested in human-animal relationships, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Theory: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e provides an accessible and authoritative account of the challenges and potential in thinking about and \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Features\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a wide-ranging discussion of theoretical approaches to animals in modern and contemporary philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers an accessible guide to key concepts in animal theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntervenes in current debates by critically engaging with theoretical issues and suggesting new ways to consider human-animal relations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes close readings of four contemporary literary texts to supplement the theoretical discussion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains a list of 'Key Texts' and 'Further Reading' at the end of each chapter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerek Ryan is Lecturer in Modernist Literature at the University of Kent and author of \u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf and the Materiality of Theory: Sex, Animal, Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2013). His other publications include articles and essays that combine interests in modernism, philosophy and animal studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0748682201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748682201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Derek Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059625324799,"sku":"9780748682201","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_248c4087-4dc4-4aac-be62-7d0652fd0c70.jpg?v=1685059359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/animal-theory-derek-ryan-9780748682201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}