Edinburgh University Press Animal Writing: Storytelling, Selfhood and the Limits of Empathy (Crosscurrents)

Is it possible to read, write and think non-anthropocentrically? To compare what literature and philosophy can teach us about the nonhuman? By pursuing underexplored areas of Animal Studies within five interdisciplinary chapters, Danielle Sands proposes a thinking of and with animals that draws on a range of affects from empathy to disgust. Examining the benefits of empathy in facilitating cross-species understanding and kinship, Sands also reveals its limits. From the Inside Flap Navigates varied approaches to the representation of the nonhumanIs it possible to read, write and think non-anthropocentrically? To compare what literature and philosophy can teach us about the nonhuman?By pursuing underexplored areas of Animal Studies within five interdisciplinary chapters, Danielle Sands proposes a thinking of and with animals that draws on a range of affects from empathy to disgust. Examining the benefits of empathy in facilitating cross-species understanding and kinship, Sands also reveals its limits.Danielle Sands is Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London and Fellow at the Forum for Philosophy, LSE. From the Back Cover Navigates varied approaches to the representation of the nonhuman Is it possible to read, write and think non-anthropocentrically? To compare what literature and philosophy can teach us about the nonhuman? By pursuing underexplored areas of Animal Studies within five interdisciplinary chapters, Danielle Sands proposes a thinking of and with animals that draws on a range of affects from empathy to disgust. Examining the benefits of empathy in facilitating cross-species understanding and kinship, Sands also reveals its limits. Danielle Sands is Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London and Fellow at the Forum for Philosophy, LSE. About the Author Danielle Sands is Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London and Fellow at the Forum for Philosophy, LSE.