Political Theory and the Animal/Human Relationship

by Judith Grant (Editor), Vincent G. Jungkunz (Editor)

Overview

The division of life into animal and human is one of the fundamental schisms found within political societies. Ironically, given the immense influence of the animal/human divide, especially upon power dynamics, the discipline in charge of theorizing and studying power—political science and theory—has had little to say about the animal/human. This book seeks to amend this vast oversight. Acknowledging the complexity of the changing differences between animals and humans, the contributors explore such topics as Marx, Freud, the animal, and civilization; dog breeding, racism, and democracy; the meaningful silences of animals; how sovereignty reconfigures the animal/human; and the paradoxical struggles against being dehumanized among immigrant workers in a slaughterhouse. Political Theory and the Animal/Human Relationship is necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand how power has been influenced by the animal/human divide, and what we can do about it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438459899
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	04/01/2016
Series:	SUNY series in New Political Science
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Judith Grant is Professor of Political Science at Ohio University and the author of Fundamental Feminism: Contesting the Core Concepts of Feminist Theory. Vincent G. Jungkunz is Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Importance of the Animal/Human Question for Political Theory Judith Grant Vincent G. Jungkunz 1

Part I Toward Posthumanism

Chapter 1 Marx and the Human/Animal Dialectic Bradley J. Macdonald 23

Chapter 2 Darwin and Freud's Posthumanist Political Theory Judith Grant 49

Part II Ironies of Civilization, Sovereignty, and Democracy

Chapter 3 Domesticating Bodies: Race, Species, Sex, and Citizenship Claire Rasmussen 75

Chapter 4 Sovereignty and the Wolves of Isle Royale Rafi Youatt 103

Chapter 5 Agamben in the Slaughterhouse: On Humanimal Politics, Immigrant Workers, and the State of Exception Paul Apostolidis 129

Part III Meaningful Speech, Silenced Voices

Chapter 6 Foucault's Dog Katherine E. Young 169

Chapter 7 The Silence of the Lambs Vincent G. Jungkunz 187

Bibliography 213

Contributors 225

Index 227