Buchanan Onto-Ethologies

The Animal Environments of Uexkull, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Deleuze
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7746-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics

Examines the significance of animal environments in contemporary continental thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buchanan, Brett

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction 1. Jakob von Uexküll’s Theories of Life
Biography and Historical Background
Nature’s Conformity with Plan
Umweltforschung
Biosemiotics
Concluding Remarks 2. Marking a Path into the Environments of Animals
The Essential Approach to the Animal
Heidegger and the Biologists
Three Paths to the World 3. Disruptive Behavior: Heidegger and the Captivated Animal
The Worldless Stone
The Poor Animal
Three Bees and a Lark
Animal Morphology
A Shocking Wealth
A Fine Line in the Rupture of Time
An Affected Body 4. The Theme of the Animal Melody: Merleau-Ponty and the Umwelt
The Structure of Behavior
A Pure Wake, A Quiet Force
A Leaf of Being
Interanimality 5. The-Animal-Stalks-at-Five-O’clock: Deleuze’s Affection for Uexküll
Problematic Organisms
Uexküll’s Ethology of Affects
The Body without Organs, the Embryonic Egg, and Prebiotic Soup
Nature’s Refrain Sung across Milieus and Territories
The Animal Stalks Conclusion: Uexküll and Us
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brett Buchanan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Laurentian University.