The Animal-To-Come: Zoo-Politics in Deconstruction

by Robert Briggs

Robert Briggs lays out an original interpretation of Derrida's work which takes the question of the animal beyond the critique of political and philosophical anthropocentrism. Eschewing approaches grounded in animal vulnerability, Briggs reviews theories of power, politics and culture in terms of their capacity to enable novel images of zoopolitics. Along the way he engages with recently translated work in the emerging field of philosophical ethology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474493947
• ISBN13: 9781474493949
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"