The Animal-to-Come

Zoo-Politics in Deconstruction

Robert Briggs

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Edinburgh University Press
24 October 2023

Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism; Ethics & moral philosophy; Animals & society; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Animalities

Robert Briggs lays out an original interpretation of Derrida's work which takes the question of the animal beyond the critique of political and philosophical anthropocentrism. Eschewing approaches grounded in animal vulnerability, Briggs reviews theories of power, politics and culture in terms of their capacity to enable novel images of zoopolitics. Along the way he engages with recently translated work in the emerging field of philosophical ethology, including Vinciane Despret's 'What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?' (2016) and Dominique Lestel's empirical and constructivist phenomenology of human-animal relations. Through these and other interventions, Briggs departs from well-established positions in animal studies to develop new ways of thinking animal politics today.

By: Robert Briggs
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781474493956
ISBN 10: 1474493955
Series: Animalities
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 24 October 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Briggs is Senior Lecturer in the School of Media, Creative Arts & Social Inquiry at Curtin University, Australia. He has published extensively on poststructuralist thought in relation to questions of ethics, culture and technology and is a contributing author to Niall Lucy's A Dictionary of Postmodernism (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016) and Claire Colebrook's Jacques Derrida: Key Concepts (Routledge, 2015).

Reviews for The Animal-to-Come: Zoo-Politics in Deconstruction

"""The Animal-to-Come is an inspired work of Animal Philosophy. Briggs offers not only a profoundly original intervention into the question of the animal, but a decisive and compelling reorientation of the field of deconstructive animal studies, the effects of which will be felt for years to come."" -Rick Elmore, Appalachia State University"