Anthropocentrism : humans, animals, environments /
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Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 348 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | Human-animal studies, 1573-4226 ; 12 Human-animal studies, 1573-4226 ; 12. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11100040 |
Summary: | Anthropocentrism is a charge of human chauvinism and an acknowledgement of human ontological boundaries. Anthropocentrism has provided order and structure to humans' understanding of the world, while unavoidably expressing the limits of that understanding. This collection explores the assumptions behind the label 'anthropocentrism', critically enquiring into the meaning of 'human'. It addresses the epistemological and ontological problems of charges of anthropocentrism, questioning whether all human views are inherently anthropocentric. In addition, it examines the potential scope for objective, empathetic, relational, or 'other' views that trump anthropocentrism. With a principal focus on ethical questions concerning animals, the environment and the social, the essays ultimately cohere around the question of the non-human, be it animal, ecosystem, god, or machine. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 348 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004187948 9004187944 9789004214941 9004214941 1283160862 9781283160865 |
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