Essays about: "Animality"

Found 5 essays containing the word Animality.

1. 1. Chimeric Mimicry : Reflection and Animality in Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Nature

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Filosofi

   Author : Oscar Amcoff; [2023]
   Keywords : animal-studies; human-animal relation; merleau-ponty; merleau-ponty nature; chimera; chimerical; animal reflection; reflection of nature; human-animal divide; carnologocentrism; animal philosophy; animal phenomenology; phenomenology of nature; merleau-ponty and the animal; ineinander; animal embodiment;

   Abstract : In this paper, I attempt to understand how Merleau-Ponty views the relation between nature and reflection, as well as the meaning behind the terms “human” and “animal” and the relations between them. I approach this by outlining the transition from Merleau-Ponty’s early philosophy (SB, PP) to his late philosophy (N, VI). READ MORE

3. 2. Birth in Power, Case study of homebirth in France and its link to sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Gabrielle Artus; [2022]
   Keywords : Homebirth; Ecofeminism; Empowerment; Nature; Animality; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : If homebirth can offer better outcomes than hospital-birth why do so few French women make this choice? The literature review on birth in France shows an increasing critique of overmedicalization. Through an Ecofeminist approach, conducting a qualitative questionnaire and interviews I found women choosing homebirth seek intimacy, respect and to avoid fear-based protocols and hospitals' violence. READ MORE

4. 3. The madness of the Search : The poetics of deconstruction in Hilda Hilst's With my dog-eyes and The obscene Madame D

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Litteraturvetenskap

   Author : Isi de Paula; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The obscene Madame D [A obscena Senhora D, 1982] and With my dog-eyes [Com os meus olhos de cão, 1986] are two short novels by the Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004) where the protagonists engage in a philosophical search for meaning that lead them to a state that is publicly interpreted as madness. In this analysis, they are read in light of the philosopher's Jacques Derrida theory of deconstruction. READ MORE

5. 4. 'Friend, Servant, Creature' : The Mutual Creation of Human and Animal Identities in Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of his Cat, Trim, c. 1800

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Alexander Mullan; [2020]
   Keywords : Flinders; Trim; Microhistory; Animal History; Masculinity; Postcolonialism;

   Abstract : Inspired by the approach of the Italian microhistories, this paper explores A Biographical Tribute to the Memory of Trim – Matthew Flinders’ story of his cat – to investigate what the text reveals about humanity and animality. From the clues Flinders left behind, it seeks to piece together a picture of the co-creation of human and animal identity through the relationship between cat and crew. READ MORE

6. 5. Language in Transformation : Postmodern Notions in David Malouf's An Imaginary Life

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Ulla Kerren; [2011]
   Keywords : Malouf; An Imaginary Life; Ovid; language; transformation; postmodernism;

   Abstract : This essay focuses on a postmodern reading of An Imaginary Life by David Malouf. It argues that language is a central theme in the novel and that Ovid’s transformation corresponds to his changing attitude towards different languages. According to Karin Hansson, Ovid’s transformation is divided into three stages. READ MORE