{"title":"Matthew Calarco","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew Calarco's works explore the intersections of philosophy, psychology, and the life sciences with a keen focus on animal behaviour and ethics. His writing invites readers to reconsider traditional perspectives on subjectivity and the nature of living beings through rigorous, thought-provoking analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Three Ethologies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eZoographies\u003c\/em\u003e, Calarco challenges conventional boundaries by engaging deeply with questions of embodiment and interspecies relations, making his books essential for those interested in contemporary philosophy and critical approaches to animal studies.\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"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/matthew-calarco.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}