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The Biopolitical Animal

Carlo Salzani editor Felice Cimatti editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Publishing:30th Nov '24

£100.00

This title is due to be published on 30th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Biopolitical Animal cover

The two issues around which this collection revolves are that it is impossible to address biopolitics without taking the animal question into account, and that the animal question inherently concerns the politics of life beyond species barriers. Although biopolitical theories are necessarily structured around animal metaphors, they predominantly refer to human corporeality. On the other hand, the animal question is typically treated as an ethical issue, that is, a question of how human beings, the dominant species, ought to learn how to live peaceably with and respect other forms of life. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the fields of biopolitics and animal studies problematises, reconceptualises, and redefines these categories in order to realise the full potential of the biopolitical framework of analysis in the context of animal studies and praxis.

ISBN: 9781399525985

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320 pages