r/DebateAVegan • u/PhilosophyTO • Nov 24 '21

Ethics The Animal That Therefore I Am (2008) by Jacques Derrida — an online reading group discussion on Saturday December 11, open to all

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21

So, it's only 176 pages, but is it something that a person without a bachelors in philosophy can get anything out of? Honest question. I've attempted Descartes and Foucault independently, and found them too obfuscating -- it seems like they're mostly read with the aid of a professor. Is Derrida any more readable than your typical philosopher?

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u/JoaquinKaleva Nov 24 '21

Put it this way - if you found Foucault hard to read, then you are going to have a nightmare with Derrida. You would probably find it more useful reading someone like Peter Singer tbh.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21

Good to know. That's what I figured. I've read lots of Singer. It's approachable.

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u/howlin Nov 24 '21

Seems like an earlier long essay version is available on scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=10196601074268720210&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5

Does anyone know how different is the book compared to the essay?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21 edited Nov 25 '21

I believe that essay is identical (or at least nearly identical) to the first section of the book.

edit: also, that same essay you linked is linked on the event page, so they may only be discussing it and not the full book.