States of nature : animality and the polis / Christopher La Barbera.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	La Barbera, Christopher
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Peter Lang, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:	Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects. Human-animal relationships. Human beings > Animal nature. Animals (Philosophy)
Physical Description:	123 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Guardians or good dogs? Plato's animality in the Republic
On anima: spirit, motion, and machination in Descartes' Account of embodiment
Crossing into culture: the invention of humanity in Hobbes' Social contract
Unearthing Locke: nature owned by "natural law"
Contracted from nature: struggle, communion, and metamorphosis in Rousseau's Discourse on inequality
Animal encounters for animal ethics: a morality of live experience.