Foucault and Animals (Human-Animal Studies): 18 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004332227 ISBN 13: 9789004332225

Publisher: Brill, 2016

Synopsis

Foucault and Animals is the first collection of its kind to explore the relevance of Michel Foucault’s thought for the question of the animal. Chrulew and Wadiwel bring together essays from emerging and established scholars that illuminate the place of animals and animality within Foucault’s texts, and open up his highly influential range of concepts and methods to different domains of human-animal relations including experimentation, training, zoological gardens, pet-keeping, agriculture, and consumption. Touching on themes such as madness and discourse, power and biopolitics, government and ethics, and sexuality and friendship, the volume takes the fields of Foucault studies and human-animal studies into promising new directions.

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About the Author

Matthew Chrulew, Ph.D. (2011) is a research fellow in the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts and the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University. His essays have appeared in Angelaki, SubStance, New Formations, Foucault Studies and elsewhere.

Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel, Ph.D. (2006) is a Lecturer in Human rights and Socio-Legal Studies at The University of Sydney. He is author of the monograph The War against Animals (Brill, 2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004332227
• ISBN 13: 9789004332225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Chrulew Matthew, Wadiwel Dinesh