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Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human
Paper, 376 pages, 1 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14727-9
$29.50
/ £20.50
October, 2009
Cloth, 376 pages, 1 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14726-2
$89.50
/ £62.00
"Animal Lessons is the most comprehensive overview of the 'continental' discourse on animals, and it is very original. The urgency of the ideas propels the reader from chapter to chapter. This is truly a philosophy book worthy of its name." — Leonard Lawlor, author of This Is Not Sufficient: An Essay on Animality and Human Nature in Derrida
"Analytic philosophers have been discussing animals and their rights for decades. However, it is a relatively new theme for continental philosophers. Oliver's book will be the gold standard for this work to which subsequent efforts will have to refer." — Fred Evans, author of The Multivoiced Body: Society and Communication in the Age of Diversity
"While there is a vibrant and important scholarship on this fundamental question of philosophy and human life, for after all we are the animal that most needs to be educated, Oliver's book is neither a duplicate nor supplementary. It is written in a most playful way, without betraying or sacrificing philosophical rigor and depth. This is clearly an outstanding work, which will win a wide and immediate readership." — Eduardo Mendieta, SUNY-Stony Brook