Power, Knowledge, Animals [electronic resource] /
Johnson, L.author.
This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Essential Political Problem; A suggested perspective; Introduction to Foucaultian methodology and theory; Power; The "essential political problem"; Organization of the project; The animal as a subject; A Foucaultian perspective; Language and reality; What the term "animal" refers to in this work; Scope and limitations; 2 Contemporary Discourses about Animals; The discourse of law; The discourse of lines; 3 Insurrection; Organization of chapter
The subordination of knowledge of animals as living beingsTransmigration of souls discourse; Karmic discourse; Rational animals discourse; The potential de-legitimizing power of insurrection; Archaeology and the insurrection of buried discourse; The hidden truth of error (or, some knowledge should just remain buried); 4 On Blindness to Being; Discursive formations; Conceptual limitations; Subjugated discourse: a resistance; 5 Parallelisms (Or, the Changeable Nature of Knowledge); Parallel stories; The concept of man, and stories as supporting cast; Parallel discourse about women
A wildly speculative theorist with a visionary dogmaNotes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things.
Ethics.
Sociology.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Sociology, general.
Social Philosophy.