Addressing the western understanding of the status and nature of animals and the relation of animals to the question of life, this book provides a discourse on animality through an interdisciplinary investigation into various areas of humanities.

Zhao Jing is Associate Professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Renmin University of China. Dr Zhao's research interests include comparative poetics, literary and critical theories.

1. The Greeks and Animality 2. Metaphysics and Animality 3. Heidegger and Animality 4. Politics and Animality