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Author:
Wolfe, Cary.
Title:
Before the law : humans and other animals in a biopolitical frame / Cary Wolfe.
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
143 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Animal rights--Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal rights--Political aspects.
Animal rights--Economic aspects.
Speciesism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-137) and index.
Summary:
"Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two emergent areas of thought into direct conversation in Before the Law, Cary Wolfe fosters a new discussion about the status of nonhuman animals and the shared plight of humans and animals under biopolitics. Wolfe argues that the human-animal distinction must be supplemented with the central distinction of biopolitics: the difference between those animals that are members of a community and those that are deemed killable but not murderable. From this understanding, we can begin to make sense of the fact that this distinction prevails within both the human and animal domains and address such difficult issues as why we afford some animals unprecedented levels of care and recognition while subjecting others to unparalleled forms of brutality and exploitation. Engaging with many major figures in biopolitical thought--from Heidegger, Arendt, and Foucault to Agamben, Esposito, and Derrida--Wolfe explores how biopolitics can help us understand both the ethical and political dimensions of the current questions surrounding the rights of animals."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0226922413 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226922416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226922405 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226922409 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)783150182
LCCN:
2012019260
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

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