Anthropocentrism : human, animals, environments / / edited by Rob Boddice.

• TeilnehmendeR: Boddice, Rob.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Human-Animal Studies 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction. The End Of Anthropocentrism /; What Is This Quintessence Of Dust? The Concept Of The ‘Human’ And Its Origins /; The View From Somewhere: Anthropocentrism In Metaethics /; The Making Of The Human: Anthropocentrism In Modern Social Thought /; Toward A Non-Anthropocentric Cosmopolitanism /; Anthropocentrism And The Medieval Problem Of Religious Language /; Vitruvian Man Is A Pterosaur: Notes On The Transformation Of An Architectural Ideal /; Modernity As Anthropolarity: The Human Economy Of Frankenstein /; Anthropocentrism And The Definition Of ‘Culture’ As A Marker Of The Human/Animal Divide /; Are Animals Poor In The World? A Critique Of Heidegger’s Anthropocentrism /; Speciesism As A Variety Of Anthropocentrism /; The Instrumentalisation Of Horses In Nineteenth-Century Paris /; Anthropomorphism And The Animal Subject /; Social History, Religion And Technology: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Into White’s ‘Roots’ /; An Alternative To Anthropocentrism: Deep Ecology And The Metaphysical Turn /; Anthropocentrism And Reason In Dialectic Of Enlightenment: Environmental Crisis And Animal Subject /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283160862; 9786613160867; 9004214941
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Rob Boddice.

Anthropocentrism is a charge of human chauvinism and an acknowledgement of human ontological boundaries. Anthropocentrism has provided order and structure to humans’ understanding of the world, while unavoidably expressing the limits of that understanding. This collection explores the assumptions behind the label ‘anthropocentrism’, critically enquiring into the meaning of ‘human’. It addresses the epistemological and ontological problems of charges of anthropocentrism, questioning whether all human views are inherently anthropocentric. In addition, it examines the potential scope for objective, empathetic, relational, or ‘other’ views that trump anthropocentrism. With a principal focus on ethical questions concerning animals, the environment and the social, the essays ultimately cohere around the question of the non-human, be it animal, ecosystem, god, or machine.