Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction The human place in the cosmos 1
5. Part I
6. Chapter 1 Eros after nature: Solicitation between “speech” and discourse 9
7. Chapter 2 Animal before thought: Merleau-Ponty and the maturation of desire 19
8. Chapter 3 Estranged kinship: Empathy and animal desire in Merleau-Ponty 31
9. Part II
10. Chapter 4 The sensible origins of reflection: Levinasian criticisms of Merleau-Ponty’s late ontology 45
11. Chapter 5 The ontological origins of sensibility: Phenomenological ontology in an aesthetic register 56
12. Chapter 6 The seeds of ecological selfhood: Phenomenology of the animal in an ethical register 64
13. Part III
14. Chapter 7 Animauxdenial: On nature and the animal as (In)Difference 75
15. Chapter 8 The barbarian principle: Befriending the philosopher’s shadow 86
16. Chapter 9 Dynamic integration: Becoming animal, becoming human 98
17. References 110
18. Index 116