Nonhuman Animals
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Society is filled with different kinds of stories for validating its cultural ideologies and beliefs. These stories (fables, myths, proverbs, legends, etc.) pass on from ages and form schemata for the community members. As the stories... more
This dissertation explores the dolphin release project of South Korea to discuss how the nonhuman agency of dolphins as implicated in biolpolitics, related bodily practices and the meaning of space. Jedol, along with two further... more
~This paper is a chapter in the book 'Animals in Human Society: Amazing Creatures who Share our Planet' edited by Daniel Moorehead~ - - - Within ‘animal ethics’, and indeed with most debates concerning nonhumans, speciesism is often... more
Se cree habitualmente que los seres humanos no poseen ninguna obligación de prevenir o aliviar los daños que los animales padecen en la naturaleza. Lo que pasa en el medio natural no es de nuestra incumbencia moral. Esta idea, que ha sido... more
In recent years, humanists and social scientists have shown increasing interest in human-animal relations – to the point where many now speak of an ‘animal turn’ in the humanities and social sciences. Across history, psychology,... more
Das künstlerischer Forschungsprojekt "Balthazar" (2011-15, mit David Weber-Krebs) bestand aus einer Serie von Performances, in denen sich eine Gruppe menschlicher Darsteller und ein gewöhnlicher, nicht trainierter Esel auf der Bühne... more
A creative nonfiction piece about the research and writing process in literary animal studies and fiction writing about nonhuman animals. Published in WQ (Queensland Writers Centre magazine), issue 258, September-November 2017... more
The paper argues that animal experimentation in Indian laboratories needs to be seen within a context in which Indian animals became subjects and resources of the British Empire. The process was a complex one, since debates about animal... more
‘On the Obsolescence of Bourgeois Theory in the Anthropocene’ is an attempt to think theory beyond the stereotypes of what it is considered to be. This includes preconceived notions of what it is to be a theorist, and to create, publish... more
Published 1996: Ethics and the Environment 1 (2): 91-102. While articulating a philosophy of ecology that reconciles deep ecology with ecofeminism may be a laudable project, it remains at best unclear whether this attempt can be... more
The focus of this chapter is public policy and consequentialism, especially issues that arise in connection with the environment – i.e. the natural world, including non-human animals. We integrate some of the existing literature on... more
The aim of my essay is to present an examination of the nomenclature concerning the current moment, i.e., the Anthropocene, the Capitalocene, and the Plantationocene, and propose a brief analysis of this current moment within... more
"Balthazar" ist ein künstlerisches Forschungsprojekt, das unser kulturelles Verhältnis zu Tieren in der westlichen Moderne mit den Mitteln von Theater und Performance erforscht. Es konfrontiert ein Tier mit einer Gruppe menschlicher... more
This paper explores the #SaveBenjy Crowdfunder campaign to save a Charolais bull in the Republic of Ireland who expressed sexual interest only in weanling bulls and not the heifers he was expected to impregnate. The prominence and... more
The aim of my essay is to present an examination of the nomenclature concerning the current moment, i.e., the Anthropocene, the Capitalocene, and the Plantationocene, and propose a brief analysis of this current moment within the context... more
On July 25th, 2017, a Chinese “incursion” into a Himalayan pasture land called Barahoti was widely reported by the Indian media.[1] Coming in the wake of a tense Himalayan border fracas to the east of Barahoti in a place called Doklam... more
El sentido común nos lleva a pensar que toda una serie de animales tienen creencias y otras actitudes como deseos o miedos. Davidson, sin embargo, presentó dos argumentos contra esta idea: el argumento del holismo de lo mental, y el del... more
The unfolding of the ecological disaster has led authors to reconsider the position of the human subject and his/her relationship with the earth. One entry point is the concept of ecological citizenship, which emphasizes responsibility,... more
This chapter starts with observations of monkeys and apes conducted by renowned primatologists. Their emphasis on nonhuman primates' interactional density raises the question of how human beings, by contrast, are present in everyday life... more
Abstrakt: Teoria estetyczna/polityczna Jacques'a Rancière'a opiera się na pojęciu dzielenia postrzegalnego, oznaczającym podział/współdzielenie przestrzeni społecznej i przydzielenie każdej jednostce właściwego dla niej miejsca. Na straży... more
In this thesis I put forward a new definition of anthropocentrism based on a thorough overview of use in the literature and via analogy with other centrisms, such as androcentrism. I argue that thus clarified anthropocentrism is... more