{"product_id":"the-boundaries-of-human-nature-9780231194730","title":"The Boundaries of Human Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Calarco explores key issues in the philosophy of animals and their significance for our contemporary world. The Boundaries of Human Nature shows readers why philosophy can help transform not just the way we think about animals but also how we interact with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn elegant dive into philosophical perspectives on the human and the animal, ranging from ancient traditions to ecofeminism. Calarco intersperses new insights on animal capacities for moral agency, emotions, and language to support an argument for veganism. The result is a compelling read that invokes a sense of wonder before the mysteries of our fellow creatures. -- Cynthia Willett, author of \u003ci\u003eInterspecies Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Calarco is a leading voice in philosophical animal studies. This book offers an accessible overview of diverse philosophical perspectives on animals, ranging from ancient sources to some of the most cutting-edge contemporary perspectives. Throughout Calarco writes with passionate clarity, encompassing warmth and compassion. -- Dinesh Wadiwel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe War Against Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Plato to Haraway, Matthew Calarco's philosophical travelogue explores the pitfalls of human exceptionalism and the promise of a less violent future in which humans and more-than-humans can collectively thrive. At a time of ecological meltdown, philosophy is the \u003ci\u003epharmakon\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboth poison and cure in the life-saving quest for multispecies flourishing. -- Anat Pick, author of \u003ci\u003eCreaturely Poetics: Animality and Vulnerability in Literature and Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating and thoughtful book, Calarco assembles a menagerie of animals and their philosophers to offer an engaging exploration of the many diverse, unequal, and often highly consequential ways in which human lives are made both meaningful and liveable in company with our animal others. -- Thom van Dooren, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boundaries of Human Nature \u003c\/i\u003epresents in elegant and succinct prose how animals have been regarded by leading thinkers from the Jains and early Greek thinkers to modern and late modern philosophers. Calarco gleans from this array of diverse authors a profound lesson: namely, that animals require our utmost regard and appreciation rather than being made subject to slaughter and mass extermination. -- Edward S. Casey, author of \u003ci\u003eThe World on Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] lucid, entertaining compendium... -- Wendy Woodward * Animal Studies Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Plato’s Pigs\u003cbr\u003e2. Aristotle’s Wonderful Animals\u003cbr\u003e3. Cynicism’s Dogs\u003cbr\u003e4. Jainism’s Birds\u003cbr\u003e5. Plutarch’s Grunter\u003cbr\u003e6. Descartes’s Beast-Machine\u003cbr\u003e7. Kant’s Elephants\u003cbr\u003e8. Bentham’s Suffering Animal\u003cbr\u003e9. Nietzsche’s Overhuman Animal\u003cbr\u003e10. Derrida’s Cat\u003cbr\u003e11. Adams’s Absent Referent\u003cbr\u003e12. Plumwood’s Crocodile\u003cbr\u003e13. Haraway’s Companion Species\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400347492695,"sku":"9780231194730","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231194730.jpg?v=1730470453","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-boundaries-of-human-nature-9780231194730","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}