Death of the Animal: A Dialogue

by Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri

Book Overview

While moral perfectionists rank conscious beings according to their cognitive abilities, Paola Cavalieri launches a more inclusive defense of all forms of subjectivity. In concert with Peter Singer, J. M. Coetzee, Harlan B. Miller, and other leading animal studies scholars, she expands our understanding of the nonhuman in such a way that the derogatory category of "the animal" becomes meaningless. In so doing, she presents a nonhierachical approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231145527
• ISBN13: 9780231145527
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.4"