Is 'the posthuman' educable? On the convergence of educational philosophy, animal studies, and posthumanist theory

Discourse

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-250

  Pedersen, Helena ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical education theory; Human animal relationships; Intersubjectivity; Posthumanism; Species performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951726181     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596301003679750     Document Type: Article

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