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The Lives of Animals,Used
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The idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes novelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no longer look another person in the eye: humans, especially meateating ones, seem to her to be conspirators in a crime of stupefying magnitude taking place on farms and in slaughterhouses, factories, and laboratories across the world.Costello's son, a physics professor, admires her literary achievements, but dreads his mother's lecturing on animal rights at the college where he teaches. His colleagues resist her argument that human reason is overrated and that the inability to reason does not diminish the value of life; his wife denounces his mother's vegetarianism as a form of moral superiority.At the dinner that follows her first lecture, the guests confront Costello with a range of sympathetic and skeptical reactions to issues of animal rights, touching on broad philosophical, anthropological, and religious perspectives. Painfully for her son, Elizabeth Costello seems offensive and flaky, butdare he admit it?strangely on target.Here the internationally renowned writer J. M. Coetzee uses fiction to present a powerfully moving discussion of animal rights in all their complexity. He draws us into Elizabeth Costello's own sense of mortality, her compassion for animals, and her alienation from humans, even from her own family. In his fable, presented as a Tanner Lecture sponsored by the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, Coetzee immerses us in a drama reflecting the reallife situation at hand: a writer delivering a lecture on an emotionally charged issue at a prestigious university. Literature, philosophy, performance, and deep human convictionCoetzee brings all these elements into play.As in the story of Elizabeth Costello, the Tanner Lecture is followed by responses treating the reader to a variety of perspectives, delivered by leading thinkers in different fields. Coetzee's text is accompanied by an introduction by political philosopher Amy Gutmann and responsive essays by religion scholar Wendy Doniger, primatologist Barbara Smuts, literary theorist Marjorie Garber, and moral philosopher Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation. Together the lecturefable and the essays explore the palpable social consequences of uncompromising moral conflict and confrontation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'The Lives of Animals'? A: The main theme of 'The Lives of Animals' is the moral implications of human treatment towards animals, exploring the conflict between human reason and the value of non-human life.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'The Lives of Animals' is J. M. Coetzee, an internationally renowned writer and Nobel laureate.
- Q: What kind of condition is the used book in? A: The used book is listed as being in 'Good' condition, indicating that it may show some signs of wear but is overall functional and readable.
- Q: How many pages does 'The Lives of Animals' have? A: The book contains 130 pages.
- Q: Is this book a hardcover edition? A: Yes, 'The Lives of Animals' is available in a hardcover edition.
- Q: When was 'The Lives of Animals' published? A: The book was published on February 22, 1999.
- Q: What format does the book take? A: The book is presented as a fable, followed by responses from various leading thinkers, providing multiple perspectives on the topic of animal rights.
- Q: Does the book include essays from other authors? A: Yes, it includes responsive essays from notable scholars such as Wendy Doniger, Barbara Smuts, Marjorie Garber, and Peter Singer.
- Q: What is the genre of 'The Lives of Animals'? A: The genre of the book is classified as Literary.
- Q: Are there any philosophical discussions in the book? A: Yes, the book includes philosophical discussions on animal rights, morality, and human-animal relationships.