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9781138943117 English 1138943118 The legal investigation of nonhuman life - and of the animal question in particular - is typically considered via a reformist discourse of animal rights. Within this discourse, legal rights have been extended to certain nonhuman animals through the same liberal framework that has afforded human rights before it. Animals, Biopolitics, Law proposes a new subject of inquiry: lively legalities. Envisioning the possibility of legal frameworks that might move beyond a humanist perspective this interdisciplinary collection asks what, in legal terms, it means to be human and nonhuman, what it means to govern and to be governed, and what are the ethical and political concerns that emerge in the project of governing not only human but also more-than-human life. While the contributors take nonhuman animals as a departure point, they recognize that the questions articulated above also apply to non-animal life forms, aggregations of life, and ecological processes. Drawing on a vast array of expertise--from law, geography, and anthropology, through animal studies and posthumanism, to science and technology studies--the contributors of this volume consider the vast possibilities of lively legalities., The legal investigation of nonhuman life and of the animal question in particular is typically considered via a reformist discourse of animal rights. Within this discourse, legal rights have been extended to certain nonhuman animals through the same liberal framework that has afforded human rights before it. "Animals, Biopolitics, Law" proposes a new subject of inquiry: lively legalities. Envisioning the possibility of legal frameworks that might move beyond a humanist perspective this interdisciplinary collection asks what, in legal terms, it means to be human and nonhuman, what it means to govern and to be governed, and what are the ethical and political concerns that emerge in the project of governing not only human but also more-than-human life. While the contributors take nonhuman animals as a departure point, they recognize that the questions articulated above also apply to non-animal life forms, aggregations of life, and ecological processes. Drawing on a vast array of expertise from law, geography, and anthropology, through animal studies and posthumanism, to science and technology studies the contributors of this volume consider the vast possibilities of lively legalities.", Typically, the legal investigation of nonhuman life, and of animal life in particular, is conducted through the discourse of animal rights. Within this discourse, legal rights are extended to certain nonhuman animals through the same liberal framework that has afforded human rights before it. Animals, Biopolitics, Law envisions the possibility of lively legalities that move beyond the humanist perspective. Drawing on an array of expertise from law, geography, and anthropology, through animal studies and posthumanism, to science and technology studies this interdisciplinary collection asks what, in legal terms, it means to be human and nonhuman, what it means to govern and to be governed, and what are the ethical and political concerns that emerge in the project of governing not only human but also more-than-human life. "
9781138943117 English 1138943118 The legal investigation of nonhuman life - and of the animal question in particular - is typically considered via a reformist discourse of animal rights. Within this discourse, legal rights have been extended to certain nonhuman animals through the same liberal framework that has afforded human rights before it. Animals, Biopolitics, Law proposes a new subject of inquiry: lively legalities. Envisioning the possibility of legal frameworks that might move beyond a humanist perspective this interdisciplinary collection asks what, in legal terms, it means to be human and nonhuman, what it means to govern and to be governed, and what are the ethical and political concerns that emerge in the project of governing not only human but also more-than-human life. While the contributors take nonhuman animals as a departure point, they recognize that the questions articulated above also apply to non-animal life forms, aggregations of life, and ecological processes. Drawing on a vast array of expertise--from law, geography, and anthropology, through animal studies and posthumanism, to science and technology studies--the contributors of this volume consider the vast possibilities of lively legalities., The legal investigation of nonhuman life and of the animal question in particular is typically considered via a reformist discourse of animal rights. Within this discourse, legal rights have been extended to certain nonhuman animals through the same liberal framework that has afforded human rights before it. "Animals, Biopolitics, Law" proposes a new subject of inquiry: lively legalities. Envisioning the possibility of legal frameworks that might move beyond a humanist perspective this interdisciplinary collection asks what, in legal terms, it means to be human and nonhuman, what it means to govern and to be governed, and what are the ethical and political concerns that emerge in the project of governing not only human but also more-than-human life. While the contributors take nonhuman animals as a departure point, they recognize that the questions articulated above also apply to non-animal life forms, aggregations of life, and ecological processes. Drawing on a vast array of expertise from law, geography, and anthropology, through animal studies and posthumanism, to science and technology studies the contributors of this volume consider the vast possibilities of lively legalities.", Typically, the legal investigation of nonhuman life, and of animal life in particular, is conducted through the discourse of animal rights. Within this discourse, legal rights are extended to certain nonhuman animals through the same liberal framework that has afforded human rights before it. Animals, Biopolitics, Law envisions the possibility of lively legalities that move beyond the humanist perspective. Drawing on an array of expertise from law, geography, and anthropology, through animal studies and posthumanism, to science and technology studies this interdisciplinary collection asks what, in legal terms, it means to be human and nonhuman, what it means to govern and to be governed, and what are the ethical and political concerns that emerge in the project of governing not only human but also more-than-human life. "