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# The Animal That Therefore I Am (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    THE ROLE OF “HUPAKOUO” IN AUTO-BIOGRAPHY:
  

*by B***B on Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2014*

THE ROLE OF “HUPAKOUO” IN AUTO-BIOGRAPHY:How are we to define the “self” as “subject” if we ignore “spiritual-seeing” and “spiritual-hearing”?There is more to humanity than the cognitive and the construction of rational propositions.  There is a more primitive dimension that also defines us.  This dimension speaks to us in an unknown grammar, one that appears to the Hupakouo attribute of the “psyche” who possesses the right perspective or “stance”.  Of course, this is the concern of phenomenology in the first place; and the concern of post-modern thought.  It is time to re-acquaint ourselves with the “Animot-voice” of the animal-other.In 10 days at a conference held at the Cerisy Cultural Center in Lasalle, France Derrida did just that.  This is his treatise of “awakening”; his plea for a new “auto-biography”, one that will give the animal-monster, that currently exists in the world, a “new name”.HOW DO WE WRITE THE NEW NAME?Derrida proposes a triad with regard to his approach.  We could call this his “triad-of-Hupakouo”; a new LOGOS.  Its parts:  1. the “being-after” of the self as a state of latency with regard to this quest for auto-bio definition.  This is the self of shame and impropriety, and under the gaze of the interrogating animal-other.  2.  The “being-alongside” marks a transition of the self where self enters the role of “negation” and negating the “monstrous animal”; and positing instead the “theoretical animal-other”.  But discernment is still missing here.  The self needs dialogue to get past this “lack” with regard to auto-biography.  3. The “being-near” of the self recognizes the role that ”Hupakouo” plays at the level of “presentation” concerning the “other” and “listening” with regard to the transcendentally intuitive “psyche”.  Self and animal can co-exist in dialectic.This is the same Derrida of the “phenomenology-of-writing”; therefore, we should recognize that the “PRAXIS” of all this is the positing of a written “zoo-to-biographical sketch”.  This is a sketch of relation between the “I” of the self and the history of the “animal-as-concept”.  We will enlist the attestation, argument, and proof of our recalled “auto-bio memory” as the apologetic accompanying proclamation; to help empower this PRAXIS.The “notion” of this praxis-positing is formed through a process Derrida calls:  “Limitophy”; which is a deconstruction of the false-singularity of “animal” currently in existence, coupled with re-interpreting the limit-point of our situation in a way that is “non-linear”.  And the “cultivation” of the results of dialogue at the conversation-threshold with other selves involved in the process of forming a new name for animal.  Cultivation takes place under the critique of  a posited 3rd party called “Universality”.Give yourself the  benefit of reading this manuscript slowly; it is rich in content and addresses Derrida’s fundamental position in a way that centers on ”listening”.  We are never so well advanced that we cannot learn new ways to awaken our spiritual listening.5 stars for this 10-day conference.

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    Philosopher Of And For The Animal
  

*by P***1 on Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012*

Very much enjoyed reading the above three reviews and, of course, The Animal That Therefore I Am; and there is More To Follow in every sense that Darrida meant, including those thinkers who may have the courage to follow through the doors Derrida has opened with an open mind and accept the challenges that he has made to so much of our western philosophical traditions; Derrida's "deconstructing" offers an enormous breath of fresh air vis-a-vis all those dogmas we have so long taken for granted and for which our animals continue to suffer from to this day.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    For the philosophical animal lover
  

*by T***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2010*

This book is among my first experiences with Derrida, and it has forever changed the way I view animal cruelty and the animal- human relationship. Derrida is brilliant. It's easy to feel privileged with the companionship of his thoughts and deconstruction of the philosophies of Descartes, Heidegger, and Lacan among others. We have gone from the traditional image of philosopher with dog at his feet to philosopher stark naked and vulnerable before his cat. It is an illuminating read.

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