The Animal for which Animality is an Issue
Nietzsche, Agamben, and the Anthropological Machine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4747304 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mathew Abbott (0000-0001-9797-1310, a Quadrangle A14 , University of Sydney , Sydney, NSW 2006 , Australia) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 87-99 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Angelaki (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0969725x.2011.641347 |
| OpenAlex | W1600544265 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
There is congruence between Nietzsche’s philosophy of life and the biopolitical philosophy of Giorgio Agamben. For both philosophers the human animal possesses a divided relationship to its being alive. For both philosophers this division is of a political nature, such that membership in political community as we know it is conditional on the human animal’s alienation from its biological being. Both philosophers are also concerned with the possibility of transformation and, because of the connection they establish between politics and animality, link this possibility to a change in the relationship between humans and their being alive. Yet both philosophers end up with an entirely different understanding of the nature of this change, and of its potential scope
Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |