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Author Suen, Alison, author

Title The speaking animal : ethics, language and the human-animal divide / Alison Suen
Published London ; New York. : Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd., [2015]
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Contents Acknowledgments / Introduction / 1. Giving Animals a Hearing: Rights Discourse and Animal Representation in Animal Ethics / 2. From Animal Father to Animal Mother: A Freudian Account of Animal Care Ethics / 3. The Poverty Of Kinship: Heidegger on The Human-Animal Linguistic Divide / 4. Animal Identity: The Problem of Difference in the Animal Rights Discourse / 5. Racialising Cruelty: Dehumanisation in the Name of Animal Advocacy / Epilogue / Bibliography / Index
Summary Engaging with the work of Freud, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Derrida, this book reconceptualises the language divide between humans and animals within the context of animal ethics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Animal rights -- Philosophy
Speciesism -- Philosophy
Speech -- Philosophy
Animal communication -- Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Animal rights -- Philosophy
Speech -- Philosophy
Tierethik
Tierrecht
Philosophie
Tiersprache
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781783485130
1783485132