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 Anthropocentrism: Humans, Animals, Environments

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xxii)   (152K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Illustrations
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgements
    • List Of Contributors.
  • The End Of Anthropocentrism (1-18) by Rob Boddice   (124K)
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    • The Human And The Political
    • Relation And Network
    • Animal Kin, Animal Other
    • The Human And The Ethical
    • Contributions
  • What Is This Quintessence Of Dust? The Concept Of The ‘Human’ And Its Origins (19-36) by Boria Sax   (123K)
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    • Humanity And Deities
    • Humanity And Animals
    • Humanity And Nature
    • Conclusions
  • The View From Somewhere: Anthropocentrism In Metaethics (37-58) by Kevin Delapp   (149K)
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    • Craving Objective Reasons
    • Perspectival Moral Realism
    • Hiding The World In The World
  • The Making Of The Human: Anthropocentrism In Modern Social Thought (59-80) by Richie Nimmo   (143K)
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    • Anthropocentrism: A Humanist Ontology
    • Culture And Nature
    • Marx’s Humanist Dialectic
    • Two Faces Of Dualism
    • The Making Of The Human
  • Toward A Non-Anthropocentric Cosmopolitanism (81-114) by Gary Steiner   (213K)
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    • Historical Cosmopolitan Ideals
    • Cosmic Justice
    • Contemporary Cosmopolitanism: A Critique
  • Anthropocentrism And The Medieval Problem Of Religious Language (115-138) by Eric J. Silverman   (144K)
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    • Maimonides’ Via Negativa
    • The Analogical Language Of Thomas Aquinas
    • Relevance To Contemporary Discussion Of Anthropocentrism
  • Vitruvian Man Is A Pterosaur: Notes On The Transformation Of An Architectural Ideal (139-154) by Paula Young Lee   (377K)
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    • The Humpback Of St. Eugène
    • Bird, Animal, Man
    • The New Adam
  • Modernity As Anthropolarity: The Human Economy Of Frankenstein (155-182) by Ben Dawson   (177K)
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    • The Human Economy
    • Precarious Humanity
  • Anthropocentrism And The Definition Of ‘Culture’ As A Marker Of The Human/Animal Divide (183-200) by Sabrina Tonutti   (125K)
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    • Nature (Animals) Vs. Culture (Humans)
    • Dichotomies
    • The ‘Culture’ Concept: Between Humanism And Anthropology
    • Essentialism
    • Conclusion
  • Are Animals Poor In The World? A Critique Of Heidegger’s Anthropocentrism (201-222) by Philip Tonner   (135K)
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    • Being
    • Phenomenology
    • The Meaning Of Being
    • Art And Truth
    • The Poverty Of Animals
  • Speciesism As A Variety Of Anthropocentrism (223-244) by Tony Milligan   (144K)
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    • The Ambiguities Of ‘Speciesism’
    • The Argument From Marginal Cases
    • Our Shared Humanity
  • The Instrumentalisation Of Horses In Nineteenth-Century Paris (245-264) by Peter Soppelsa   (152K)
  • Anthropomorphism And The Animal Subject (265-280) by Nik Taylor   (112K)
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    • Anthropomorphism—The Dirty Word: Brief History
    • Anthropomorphism And Practice
    • Actor-Network Theory
    • A Word Of Caution
    • Conclusion
  • Social History, Religion And Technology: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Into White’s ‘Roots’ (281-306) by Robin Attfield   (156K)
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    • An Overview Of ‘Roots’
    • The Roots Of ‘Roots’ And Its Historical Message
    • The Messages Of ‘Roots’: Historical, Theological, Or Both?
    • Methodology, Causation And Whitney’s Critique
    • Afterword
  • An Alternative To Anthropocentrism: Deep Ecology And The Metaphysical Turn (307-320) by Eccy De Jonge   (103K)
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    • Deep Ecology And Anthropocentrism
    • The Case Of War
    • An Ingrained Metaphysics
    • Conclusion
  • Anthropocentrism And Reason In Dialectic Of Enlightenment: Environmental Crisis And Animal Subject (321-340) by André Krebber   (136K)
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    • Reason And The Domination Of Nature
    • The Enlightenment And The Environmental Crisis
    • Challenging Anthropocentric Reason: Mediating Animals And Subject
  • Index (341-348)   (82K)