Description
Book SynopsisPower and counterpower in the space of silence
Trade Review"Kalpana Rahita Seshadri’s HumAnimal is remarkably inventive, innovative, and thoughtful. Readers of Derrida and Agamben will find it especially stimulating."—Robert Bernasconi, author of How to Read Sartre
"HumAnimal is one of the most insightful books on biopower and ‘human nature’ that I have ever read. This book has the potential to change not only the terms in current debates over the categories ‘human’ and ‘animal,’ but also to change the way that we think about ourselves. This is truly a beautiful and important book."—Kelly Oliver, author of Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human
"Vibrant and lucid."—Feminist Legal Studies
Table of ContentsContents
Preface: What This “Book” Is About
Introduction: The Trace of the Political
Part I. Language and Silence
The Mute Prince
1. First Words on Silence
2. The Secret of Literary Silence
3. Law, “Life/Living,” Language
4. Between Derrida and Agamben
The Blink of Life
Part II. The Exemplary Plane
Recovering Wolf
Introduction to The Exemplary Plane
5. The Wild Child: Politics and Ethics of the Name
6. The Wild Child and Scientific Names
7. HumAnimal Acts: Potentiality or Movement as Rest
In-Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
