Philosophy, Animality and the Life Sciences

Download or read book Philosophy, Animality and the Life Sciences written by Wahida Khandker and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using animals for scientific research is a highly contentious issue that Continental philosophers engaging with 'the animal question' have been rightly accused of shying away from. Now, Wahida Khandker asks whether Continental approaches to animality and organic life will make us reconsider our treatment of non-human animals. By following its historical and philosophical development, she argues that the concept of 'pathological life' as a means of understanding organic life as a whole plays a pivotal role in refiguring the human-animal distinction. She explores the significance of this across philosophy and the life sciences through the work of a number of key thinkers of life and process, from Henri Bergson to Donna Haraway.