TY  - GEN
AB  - "Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two emergent areas of thought into direct conversation in Before the Law, Cary Wolfe fosters a new discussion about the status of nonhuman animals and the shared plight of humans and animals under biopolitics. Wolfe argues that the human-animal distinction must be supplemented with the central distinction of biopolitics: the difference between those animals that are members of a community and those that are deemed killable but not murderable. From this understanding, we can begin to make sense of the fact that this distinction prevails within both the human and animal domains and address such difficult issues as why we afford some animals unprecedented levels of care and recognition while subjecting others to unparalleled forms of brutality and exploitation. Engaging with many major figures in biopolitical thought--from Heidegger, Arendt, and Foucault to Agamben, Esposito, and Derrida--Wolfe explores how biopolitics can help us understand both the ethical and political dimensions of the current questions surrounding the rights of animals"--Provided by publisher.
AU  - Wolfe, Cary.
CN  - EBSCOhost
CN  - HV4708
CY  - Chicago, Ill. ;
CY  - London :
DA  - 2013.
ID  - 693767
KW  - Animal rights
KW  - Animal rights
KW  - Animal rights
KW  - Speciesism.
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502586
N1  - "Portions of this book first appeared in an article titled "Before the law : animals in a biopolitical context," Law, culture, and the humanities 6, no. 1 (2010): 8-23"--Title page verso.
N2  - "Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two emergent areas of thought into direct conversation in Before the Law, Cary Wolfe fosters a new discussion about the status of nonhuman animals and the shared plight of humans and animals under biopolitics. Wolfe argues that the human-animal distinction must be supplemented with the central distinction of biopolitics: the difference between those animals that are members of a community and those that are deemed killable but not murderable. From this understanding, we can begin to make sense of the fact that this distinction prevails within both the human and animal domains and address such difficult issues as why we afford some animals unprecedented levels of care and recognition while subjecting others to unparalleled forms of brutality and exploitation. Engaging with many major figures in biopolitical thought--from Heidegger, Arendt, and Foucault to Agamben, Esposito, and Derrida--Wolfe explores how biopolitics can help us understand both the ethical and political dimensions of the current questions surrounding the rights of animals"--Provided by publisher.
PB  - The University of Chicago Press,
PP  - Chicago, Ill. ;
PP  - London :
PY  - 2013.
SN  - 9780226922423
SN  - 0226922421
T1  - Before the lawhumans and other animals in a biopolitical frame /
TI  - Before the lawhumans and other animals in a biopolitical frame /
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ER  -