Degree
Master of Arts
Program
Theory and Criticism
Supervisor
Sharon Sliwinski
Abstract
What calls for justice? Are we called to do justice to other animals? How ought we to understand and relate to the other animals around us? The work of Jacques Derrida offers a strong foundation from which to consider these questions, and I build on his work by developing a set of clear conceptual tools to understand justice and animality (or animal alterity) through the demands they make on us. I argue that this interrelation between justice and animality can be addressed in a profound way by considering the figure of "the call"—including the calls of other animals and the call of justice. I use the "the call" to offer the reader a tool for opening up their own relations to other animals, their responsibilities to them, and the richly differentiated lives of those other animals, all of which can be addressed by carefully listening to the call.
Recommended Citation
Weiss, Andrew, "Animal Justice: Following Derrida & Other Animals" (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2848.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2848