| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Poems -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cosmopolitan Elegies -- This Strange Time -- Belongingness, Cosmopolitan Islands, Spectrality -- Cosmopolitanism, War, and Loss -- Plan of the Book -- Chapter 1 Spectral Cosmopolitanism -- Moments -- Spectral-Poetic Moments -- Poetry, Ethology -- Responsibilities, Iraq -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2 Stray Hearts, Vectors: The Wandering Dogs of Iraq -- Ubiquitous Strays -- Stray Dogs in Iraq -- (Calculated) Responsibilities -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3 Caged Cosmopolitanism: Menagerie Moments of War |
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The Baghdad Zoo -- Animal Markets -- Montazah Al-Morour -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Black Sheep: ISIS and the Smoke of Qayyarah -- ISIS and Ecological Harm -- Toward Qayyarah -- Mishraq -- Explosive Devices and Forest Fires -- Conclusions -- (In)Conclusion(s): Spectral-Poetic Proximities -- Notes -- Works Cited -- About the Author -- Index |
| Summary |
Offers a cosmopolitan account of war that blends sharp inquiry into interspecies politics with original poetry on animals, loss, and war |
| Subject |
Derrida, Jacques.
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| SUBJECT |
Derrida, Jacques fast |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Casualties
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Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Iraq
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Cosmopolitanism.
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Human-animal relationships -- Political aspects
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War and society.
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Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Battle casualties
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Cosmopolitanism
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War and society
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Iraq
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781438482453 |
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1438482450 |
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