Date: December 11, 2013 By: Editor Krishanu Maiti, Panskura Banamali College, West Bengal, India Abstract This paper aims to discuss the deconstructionist Jacques Derrida’s contribution to the contemporary critical animal studies. Derrida is concerned with a critical thinking that starts with a dismantling of straightforward distinction between the human and the animal and he questions the hierarchical position…
Date: December 16, 2013 By: Editor P. Prayer Elmo Raj, Karunya University, Coimabtore, India Abstract The human-animal discretion marks a noteworthy dialectic in Agamben’s philosophical corpus that connotes the conception of human’s interconnection with the animal other has established anthropological features as inherently encountering the systemic networks of power that underlies the social echelons. The incomprehensible biblical image…
Date: December 11, 2013 Author: Editor Stella Hockenhull, University of Wolverhampton, UK. Abstract In 2011, Uggie the dog appeared in Hazanavicius’s 2011 film, The Artist. This was not his first role having appeared beforehand in Lawrence’s adaptation of the novel Water for Elephants also 2011 where he is also listed as cast, and as a skateboarding dog in an advert, amongst his…
Date: December 16, 2013 By: Editor Eunice E.OMONZEJIE, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Download PDF Version Abstract In African human societies, animals as part of the physical environment play an important role in the conceptualization of spirituality and belief systems. The manner in which they are depicted in narrative fiction often reflects the attitude of a people about animals embedded…
Date: December 11, 2013 By: Editor Blossom N. Fondo, The Higher Teachers’ Training College, The University of Maroua, Cameroon Abstract The extinction of many animal species and the threat of further extinction of even more is one of the main hazards that the natural environment is facing today. From the massive destruction of the natural habitats of these…
Date: December 11, 2013 By: Editor Michael J. Gilmour, Providence University College, Canada Animals, along with bestial similes and metaphors appear often in Charles Dickens’s Dombey and Son (1846–1848), providing readers with a way to navigate the moral landscape of the story told. Such zoological imagery is highly emotive. Animals are potentially vulnerable or violent, loyal or indifferent, cute and…
Date: December 11, 2013 By: Editor Tom Leskiw, Independent Researcher and columnist, USA Today’s ornithologists and birders take pride in a variety of references—field guides, published scientific papers, unpublished field notes—that accurately delineate the geographic range of a particular species. Especially in the case of non-migratory species, the limits of their range are well understood. However, in some cases, little thought…
Anindya Gangopadhyay, Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal Abstract Usage of bestiary in modern literature is very common stylization to depict a harsh critical discourse very easily without hurting anyone directly. It becomes the finest way ever possible of comparing the specific characteristics with dual meaning using simply a mask of that particular symbol. Horse, tiger,…
Date: December 11, 2013 Author: Editor Santanu Ganguly, Netaji Nagar Day College, Kolkata, India The animal world (which includes animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects), has always been very closely connected with human civilization, providing food, products, a potent work-force and entertainment in a variety of ways. It is only in recent times that mechanization, vegetarianism and an…
Date: December 10, 2013 Author: Editor Alexis Reichert, University of Ottawa, Canada Introduction The concept of sacrifice, in all its different expressions and interpretations is central to Indian traditions. Many scholars of religion believe that theories of sacrifice are at the heart of theories of religion itself, as it demonstrates human efforts to connect with, or construct some…