Philosophy, animality and the life sciences /

A study of pathological concepts of animal life in Continental philosophy from Bergson to Haraway. Using animals for scientific research is a highly contentious issue that Continental philosophers engaging with 'the animal question' have been rightly accused of shying away from. Now, Wahid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khandker, Wahida (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
Colección:Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)
Temas:
Animal experimentation > Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal rights.
Continental philosophy.
Expérimentation animale > Aspect moral.
Animaux > Droits.
Philosophie continentale.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; 1. Forces of Nature: Evolution, Divergence, Decimation; 2. Pathological Life and the Limits of Medical Perception; 3. Violence, Pathos and Animal Life in European Philosophy and Critical Animal Studies; 4. From Animal­Machines to Cybernetic Organisms . . .; 5. Organicism and Complexity: Whitehead and Kauffman; 6. Aped, Mongrelised and Scapegoated: Adventures in Biopolitics and Transgenics in Haraway's Animal Worlds; Epilogue: A Vicious Circle; Bibliography; Index

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