The Logos of the Living World Merleau-Ponty, Animals, and Language |
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| Author:
| Westling, Louise |
| Series title: | Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-5566-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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This book puts Merleau-Ponty's philosophy into dialogue with literature, evolutionary biology, and animal studies to argue for evolutionary continuity between human cultural and linguistic behaviors and the semiotic activities of other animals. It restores our species to its place within the co-evolved animal community now threatened by environmental change.
This book puts Merleau-Ponty's philosophy into dialogue with literature, evolutionary biology, and animal studies to argue for evolutionary continuity between human cultural and linguistic behaviors and the semiotic activities of other animals. It restores our species to its place within the co-evolved animal community now threatened by environmental change.