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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / R. Boddice -- Introduction. The End Of Anthropocentrism / Rob Boddice -- What Is This Quintessence Of Dust? The Concept Of The ‘Human’ And Its Origins / Boria Sax -- The View From Somewhere: Anthropocentrism In Metaethics / Kevin Delapp -- The Making Of The Human: Anthropocentrism In Modern Social Thought / Richie Nimmo -- Toward A Non-Anthropocentric Cosmopolitanism / Gary Steiner -- Anthropocentrism And The Medieval Problem Of Religious Language / Eric J. Silverman -- Vitruvian Man Is A Pterosaur: Notes On The Transformation Of An Architectural Ideal / Paula Young Lee -- Modernity As Anthropolarity: The Human Economy Of Frankenstein / Ben Dawson -- Anthropocentrism And The Definition Of ‘Culture’ As A Marker Of The Human/Animal Divide / Sabrina Tonutti -- Are Animals Poor In The World? A Critique Of Heidegger’s Anthropocentrism / Philip Tonner -- Speciesism As A Variety Of Anthropocentrism / Tony Milligan -- The Instrumentalisation Of Horses In Nineteenth-Century Paris / Peter Soppelsa -- Anthropomorphism And The Animal Subject / Nik Taylor -- Social History, Religion And Technology: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Into White’s ‘Roots’ / Robin Attfield -- An Alternative To Anthropocentrism: Deep Ecology And The Metaphysical Turn / Eccy De Jonge -- Anthropocentrism And Reason In Dialectic Of Enlightenment: Environmental Crisis And Animal Subject / André Krebber -- Index / R. Boddice.