The speaking animal : ethics, language and the human-animal divide / Alison Suen.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suen, Alison (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2015]
Subjects:
Animal rights > Philosophy.
Speciesism > Philosophy.
Speech > Philosophy.
Animal communication > Philosophy.
Physical Description:ix, 138 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Giving animals a hearing: rights discourse and animal representation in animal ethics
  • From animal father to animal mother: a Freudian account of animal care ethics
  • The poverty of kinship: Heidegger on the human-animal linguistic divide
  • Animal identity: the problem of difference in the animal rights discourse
  • Racializing cruelty: dehumanization in the name of animal advocacy.