1st Edition

Animality The Anthropological Ground in Tradition and Modernity

By Zhao Jing Copyright 2024
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

By addressing the Western understanding of the status and nature of animals and the relation of animals to the question of life, this book provides a discourse on animality through an interdisciplinary investigation into various areas of humanities. The nature of animals is explored by drawing on materials from literature, art, religion, philosophy, and political science, focusing on... Read more

1. The Greeks and Animality  2. Metaphysics and Animality  3. Heidegger and Animality  4. Politics and Animality

Biography

Zhao Jing is Associate Professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Renmin University of China. Dr Zhao’s research interests include comparative poetics, literary and critical theories.