Politics, technique and nonhuman animals:

about the feeling of repulsion and disgust

Authors

  • Jorge Vélez Vega Facultad de Filosofía. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Keywords:

political philosophy, non human animals, technique, sovereignty, revulsion

Abstract

Through an analysis on the political condition of man, understood as a political animal, which constitutes his being indistinct in relation with other animals, we seek to expose the relationship that the human animal has with the political and technical ambits in two particular instances, namely in the state of nature and in the formation of the State. In exploring these relationships are permissible and makes us think about the possible political and technical domain relationship that we have upon the nonhuman animals, which in its onto-political circumstances are excluded from the law of States, but included in all activities of exploitation and domination. At the end, we do a rollback to identify a condition that underlies the political and technical dominion over animals, namely the feelings of revulsion and nausea.

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Published

2016-06-01

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ARTÍCULOS ECAs

How to Cite

Politics, technique and nonhuman animals: : about the feeling of repulsion and disgust. (2016). Revista Latinoamericana De Estudios Críticos Animales, 3(1). https://revistaleca.org/index.php/leca/article/view/101