The Logos of the Living World: Merleau-Ponty, Animals, and Language

by Louise Westling

Book Overview

Today we urgently need to reevaluate the human place in the world in relation to other animals. This book puts Maurice Merleau-Ponty's philosophy into dialogue with literature, evolutionary biology, and animal studies. In a radical departure from most critical animal studies, it argues for evolutionary continuity between human cultural and linguistic behaviors and the semiotic activities of other animals.

In his late work, Derrida complained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823255662
• ISBN13: 9780823255665
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"