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Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism
Gary Steiner
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Hardback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
In Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism, Gary Steiner illuminates postmodernism's inability to produce viable ethical and political principles. Ethics requires notions of self, agency, and value that are not available to postmodernists. Thus, much of what is published under the rubric of postmodernist theory lacks a proper basis for a systematic engagement with ethics. Steiner demonstrates this through a provocative critique of postmodernist approaches to the moral status of animals, set against the background of a broader indictment of postmodernism's failure to establish clear principles for action. He revisits the ideas of Derrida, Foucault, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, together with ... Read more
In Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism, Gary Steiner illuminates postmodernism's inability to produce viable ethical and political principles. Ethics requires notions of self, agency, and value that are not available to postmodernists. Thus, much of what is published under the rubric of postmodernist theory lacks a proper basis for a systematic engagement with ethics. Steiner demonstrates this through a provocative critique of postmodernist approaches to the moral status of animals, set against the background of a broader indictment of postmodernism's failure to establish clear principles for action. He revisits the ideas of Derrida, Foucault, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, together with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153423
SKU
V9780231153423
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About Gary Steiner
Gary Steiner is John Howard Harris Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University. He is the author of Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents: The Moral Status of Animals in the History of Western Philosophy and Animals and the Moral Community: Mental Life, Moral Status, and Kinship.
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