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The Speaking Animal - Ethics, Language and the Human-Animal Divide (Hardcover)
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The Speaking Animal - Ethics, Language and the Human-Animal Divide (Hardcover)
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Animals regularly populate philosophical texts as a foil to
illustrate what it means to be human. How should we understand this
human-animal divide? Not only does it inform us of who we are, it
also tells us how we should relate to the larger non-human world.
The Speaking Animal interrogates the human-animal divide by looking
at our linguistic differences - how the speaking human subject is
constructed through its opposition to the dumb animal. Alison Suen
begins with an analysis of the role of language in animal ethics,
with an eye toward the voice/voiceless opposition that is at work
in animal advocacy. After offering a critical analysis of the
ethical and political significance of speaking for animals, the
book takes on a more constructive turn, going against the usual
interpretation of language as a capacity that allows us to reason.
Instead, it argues that our language capacity is also a relational
capacity. Language is that which enables us to develop kinship with
others - including animal others.
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