Merleau-Ponty and the Human–Animal Relation
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desire
dynamic integration
ecological humanities
ecological responsibility
empathy
environmental ethics
environmental humanities
environmental philosophy
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eros
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Gilles Deleuze
Julia Kristeva
madness
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
phenomenology
Plato
Ted Toadvine
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- ISBN 9781399544375
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Contemporary environmental crises and general feelings of estrangement from the earth and its creatures can be traced, at least in part, to deficiencies in intimacy. This book begins from Merleau-Ponty's descriptions of the origins of animal desire, then advocates for transformation of the human-animal relation in a manner that pushes further toward ethical conclusions than did Merleau-Ponty himself. Shifting from analysis first in an aesthetic, then in an ethical, and finally in an ethico-religious register, with contemporary environmental concerns in mind, it charts a path for healing the human-animal relation both within, with respect to one's own animality, and without, with respect to animals of other species, based on the maturation of desire from eros to environmental responsibility.
Chandler D. Rogers is Lecturer in Philosophy at Gonzaga University. His interests are in environmental philosophy, 19th-century philosophy, phenomenology and the philosophy of religion. His work has been published in journals such as International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy and Theology, Environmental Philosophy, Journal for Critical Animal Studies, and Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology.
