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When animals speak : toward an interspecies democracy /
A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language and politics, arguing that non-human animals speak--and, most importantly, act--politically. From geese and squid to worms and dogs, she highlights the i...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Animals in context
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Speaking with animals. 1. The animal, what a word! : human language and non-human animals ; 2. Animal languages ; 3. From animal languages to interspecies worlds ; Case study 1: Stray philosophy : dog-human observations on language, freedom, and politics
- Part II. Political animals and animal politics. 4. Animal politics : justice, power, and political animal agency ; 5. Animals and the state : citizenship, sovereignty, and reformulating politics ; 6. Worm politics ; Case study 2: Goose politics : resistance, deliberation, and the politics of space
- Part III. From animal politics to interspecies change. 7. Animal activism and interspecies change ; 8. Animal democracy and the challenges of political participation ; 9. Deliberating animals : from multispecies dialogues to interspecies deliberation
- Conclusion: Thinking with animals.