Darwin and Derrida on Human and Animal Emotions
The Question of Shame as a Measure of Ontological Difference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20187560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Williams (0000-0002-5698-7487) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 76 |
| Pages | 21-37 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Formations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-2378 • E-ISSN: 1741-0789 |
| Publisher | Lawrence and Wishart (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3898/newf.76.02.2012 |
| OpenAlex | W1971204001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This essay reflects on how studies in human emotions, and studies of the emotional qualities of shame in particular, may be brought to bear on the study of humananimal relations. Derrida's late essays on human - animal relations are compared to Darwin's seminal works and to social theories of the emotions in order to emphasise how traditional regimes of theocentric logic on the animal still prevail. However, in the context of a global industrialised instrumentalisation of the animal, widespread erosion of biodiversity and mass extinctions, Derrida's account of the 'trauma' Darwinism has inflicted on conventional epistemological framework of human-animal relations acquires a new urgency in the need for a profound shift in the way we think about animals and their ontological status
Biology · Darwinism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Shame · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |