Animals, Mind, and Matter: The Inside Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611864373)

It's no secret that animals are considered objects in the fields of law, commerce, and science, characterized as property and commodities. Animals, Mind, and Matter: The Inside Story challenges this ascription and establishes that animals are living subjects, who have minds and opinions of their own and care about what happens to them. Donovan contends that animals' voices or standpoints should be part of any human decisions concerning their ethical treatment. Elaborating on feminist care theory and critical animal standpoint theory, the author provides compelling evidence for animal subjectivity, exploring in the process the nature of subjectivity and consciousness while drawing from recent developments in quantum and emergence theories that point away from the dominant ontology of Cartesian objectivism. Through these explorations, Donovan proposes that a new narrative is emerging in the arts and sciences--an inside story that re-subjectifies natural life and leaves behind the deadening Midas touch of Cartesian objectivism.

Author: Josephine Donovan
ISBN-10: 1611864372
ISBN-13: 9781611864373
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2022
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.92h x 6.77w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2023