{"title":"Matthew Calarco","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew Calarco’s works explore the intersections of philosophy, psychology, and contemporary thought, challenging conventional understandings of human identity and behaviour. His writing delves into the complexities of subjectivity, ethics, and animal studies, offering fresh perspectives informed by critical theory and ethology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect intellectually rigorous texts that invite reflection on what it means to be human and how we relate to other forms of life. Calarco’s books are thoughtful contributions to philosophical discourse and educational inquiry, appealing to those interested in the evolving landscape of thought and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"zoographies-by-matthew-calarco-9780231140232","title":"Zoographies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZoographies\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the anthropocentrism of the Continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, while some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew Calarco draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work of Heidegger, who called for a radicalized responsibility toward all forms of life. He also turns to Levinas, who raised questions about the nature and scope of ethics; Agamben, who held the \"anthropological machine\" responsible for the horrors of the twentieth century; and Derrida, who initiated a nonanthropocentric ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCalarco concludes with a call for the abolition of classical versions of the human-animal distinction and asks that we devise new ways of thinking about and living with animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000852758764,"sku":"9780231140232","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bf22b926928dbb1c8ccfece8165debec.jpg?v=1763322983"},{"product_id":"the-three-ethologies-by-matthew-calarco-9780226832456","title":"The Three Ethologies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA transformative vision for human-animal relations on personal, social, and environmental levels.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Three Ethologies\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fresh, affirmative vision for rebuilding human-animal relations. Venturing beyond the usual scholarly and activist emphasis on restricting harm, Matthew Calarco develops a new philosophy for understanding animal behaviour—a practice known as ethology—through three distinct but interrelated lenses:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMental ethology\u003c\/em\u003e, which rebuilds individual subjectivity; \u003cem\u003esocial ethology\u003c\/em\u003e, which rethinks our communal relations; and \u003cem\u003eenvironmental ethology\u003c\/em\u003e, which reconfigures our relationship to the land we co-inhabit with our animal kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on developments in philosophy, (eco)feminist theory, critical geography, Indigenous studies, and the environmental humanities, Calarco casts an inspiring vision of how ethological living can help us to reimagine our ideas about goodness, truth, and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464695202028,"sku":"9780226832456","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226832456-the-three-ethologies.jpg?v=1775051081"},{"product_id":"how-not-to-be-human-by-matthew-calarco-9781839999475","title":"How Not to Be Human","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Not to Be Human\u003c\/em\u003e argues that the writings of twentieth-century poet Robinson Jeffers offer twenty-first-century readers a number of crucial insights concerning such questions as how not to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCurrent debates in the environmental humanities, animal studies, and related fields increasingly revolve around the question: What to do with 'the human'? Is the human a category worth preserving? Should it be replaced with the post-human? Should marginalised and minoritarian groups advocate for a universal humanism?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is the relationship between humanism and anthropocentrism? Is a genuinely non-anthropocentric mode of thinking and living possible for human beings? This book argues that the writings of twentieth-century poet Robinson Jeffers offer twenty-first-century readers a number of crucial insights concerning such questions and timely advice about how not to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Jeffers, our tendency to turn inward on ourselves and to indulge in human narcissism is at the heart of the social, economic, and existential ills that plague modern societies. 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