When Animals Speak
Eva Meijer
Ratgeber / Natur
Beschreibung
Winner, 2020 ASCA Book Award, given by the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis
A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals
In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language and politics, arguing that non-human animals speak—and, most importantly, act—politically. From geese and squid to worms and dogs, she highlights the importance of listening to animal voices, introducing ways to help us bridge the divide between the human and non-human world.
Drawing on insights from science, philosophy, and politics, Meijer provides fascinating, real-world examples of animal communities who use their voices to speak, and act, in political ways. When Animals Speak encourages us to rethink our relations with other animals, showing that their voices should be taken into account as the starting point for a new interspecies democracy.
Kundenbewertungen
Zoopolis, language games, systemic turn, phenomenology, Wittgenstein, animal research, animal resistance, political communication, political change, logos, political animal voices, animal language research, Habermas, Merleau-Ponty, animal citizenship, Derrida, political participation, animal sovereignty, interspecies communication, interspecies worlds, worm politics, interspecies deliberation, Romanian stray dogs, dog philosophy, animal languages, goose politics, animal politics, conflict, worm justice, civil disobedience, political turn, Darwin, animal rights, interspecies communities, Donna Haraway, animal agency, worm power, sentience, political voice, ethology, animal deliberation, deconstruction, animal liberation, animal democracy, animal philosophy, biopolitics, animal activism, multispecies dialogues, interspecies community