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A Globe, Clothing Itself with Ears

Stories of speaking with animals are as old as human history

November 3, 2022 • by
Human ambivalence about animal language persists and is linked with our uncertainty about human status: Are we one animal among others, or does something truly set us apart? Debates over animal language are a touchstone for human uncertainties about our role in the cosmos....

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A Globe, Clothing Itself with Ears

Anthropocene and Negative Anthropology

Return of Man

July 29, 2019 • by
In contrast to the natural sciences, the question of official adoption plays virtually no role in the humanities, which have taken up the concept of the Anthropocene with relish. Its attraction lies in its omnicompetent radiance: Not only a geochronological coinage, it implies an ontology, a theory of history, and ...
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