Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Humans and other animals in a biopolitical frame
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| ISBN: | 9780226922423
0226922421
9781283733199
1283733196
9780226922409
0226922405
9780226922416
0226922413
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| Notes: | "Portions of this book first appeared in an article titled "Before the law : animals in a biopolitical context," Law, culture, and the humanities 6, no. 1 (2010): 8-23"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-137) and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed November 25, 2013).
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| Summary: | "Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two emergent areas of thought into direct conversation in Before the Law, Cary Wolfe fosters a new discussion about the status of nonhuman animals and the shared plight of humans and animals under biopolitics. Wolfe argues that the human-animal distinction must be supplemented with the central distinction of biopolitics: the difference between those animals that are members of a community and those that are deemed killable but not murderable. From this understanding, we can begin to make sense of the fact that this distinction prevails within both the human and animal domains and address such difficult issues as why we afford some animals unprecedented levels of care and recognition while subjecting others to unparalleled forms of brutality and exploitation. Engaging with many major figures in biopolitical thought--from Heidegger, Arendt, and Foucault to Agamben, Esposito, and Derrida--Wolfe explores how biopolitics can help us understand both the ethical and political dimensions of the current questions surrounding the rights of animals"--Provided by publisher.
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| Other form: | Print version: Wolfe, Cary. Before the law. Chicago, Ill. ; London : The University of Chicago Press, ©2013 9780226922409
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| Standard no.: | 40021710503
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