1st Edition

The Philosophical Ethology of Roberto Marchesini

Edited By Jeffrey Bussolini, Brett Buchanan, Matthew Chrulew Copyright 2018
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

Roberto Marchesini is an Italian philosopher and ethologist whose work is significant for the rethinking of animality and human–animal relations. Throughout such important books as Il dio Pan (1988), Il concetto di soglia (1996), Post-human (2002), Intelligenze plurime (2008), Epifania animale (2014), and Etologia filosofica (2016), he offers a scathing critique of reductive,... Read more

General Introduction: Philosophical Ethology  Introduction: Roberto Marchesini  Preface: Zootropia, Kinship, and Alterity in the Work of Roberto Marchesini  1. The Philosophical Ethology of Roberto Marchesini  2. The God Pan  3. Rediscovering the Threshold  4. Animals of the City  5. Postmodern Chimeras  6. The Theriosphere  7. Plural Intelligences  8. Nonhuman Alterities  9. Zoomimesis: Animal Inspiration  10. The Therioanthropic Being as Our Neighbour  11. Posthuman Antispeciesism  12. Philosophical Ethology and Animal Subjectivity  13. Entering Theriomorphic Worlds: An Interview with Roberto Marchesini

Biography

Jeffrey Bussolini is Associate Professor of Sociology-Anthropology at City University of New York, USA.



Brett Buchanan is Director of the School of the Environment, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada.



Matthew Chrulew is ARC DECRA Research Fellow in the Centre for Culture and Technology, Curtin University, Australia.