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Fo
redco
will
be
supri*d
¿t
what Dc¡rida
cr
tc¿s
our
f.om
ihe
dFricnc.
ofbcins
l@kcd:t
by
his
c¡r.
Bui
@
ir
¿
b€
r¿l<
r
in?
Is
it
his
dntrust
ofúc
logic
ofsai6e
that
prcvcns him f.om
poking out
h¡s
own
c¡s
when
he
ñnally
gra¡ps
th.
$'¡¡h?
Or
¡
ir
rh.
verr
irnpossibiliry
ofsrupitrg
rhc
truth
rhat protecrs
Nm¡
"ThcAnimal That
Th.rcforc I
An
(Mor.
to Follow)"
is
¡
b¡illi¿nt
scqucl
to
his
"Erting
Vcll"
¡¡t
d;w
with
Jao-Luc
N.ncy,'
on.
rh¡t oFns
onto
dtcndcd
rc¿ding'
ofrhc
úc¿tmenr
ofrh.
úin.l
by
D6ert€s,
Kut,
Hcidcgg.r,
l¡a,
¡nd
lnin*,¿
md
on
th¡r
rc@stiiurd hk
whol.
work
$
¿
r¡opil-
osophy.
This
rcating of
his
own
pat
is
no
eid.¡t-
it
is
Dúrid¿'s
contriburion
to
th.
th;rd C..¡sy
@nf.rcn
c
i
1
997!
ddorcd
to
his
work,
.otirl.d
"L'animd
auobiographiquc."
Insread
ofconf.sring
his
!ru.h
ro Sr.
P.ter
¡¡
rhe
pclly
gata, Dcnida
k
provokcd
norc
profoundly
by
thc
.cqú6¡
of¡¡
.aÍ
y
<onpalio¡,
otr@
i
sod
to
üc Esrptiar,
to
bc lcr
out
thc
dor.
This
papo
is
r
h¡d
rr
to
follow.r
Noocttrdcrs, my
aim
hcrc is
to
lay
our
a
ounb.r
of
n'
principal
conccms,
to
show
why
n
rcpreents
onc
of
the
ñúr
i"¿¿pa"dbl¿,
airical
cngrgcmena
"f
our
rine, ¡nd
alons
rh.
way
rowcevca
rapon*
thar
conrinuG
üc
coÍve¡srion.
Derida's
original
publishcd
paper,
frcn
which
wc includc
¿
selction
hc¡c,¡
st¡ns
¡
nmbe¡
of
h¡ra,
¡nd m¡n¡86
to
üack
mosr
of
rhem
*kh
his
usu¡lclcg¿nc..
I
try,
i¡
varioú
w¡ys
both to
atrrm
¿nd
ont*t
Dcr¡id¿'s
atnoF
dira¡/
@nr¡iburion ro
¡
rethinking
of
¡h.
animal
quction.
I
¡ni¡h
v¿¡iousst¡¡nds
ofhis di+nosis:
(l)
rhe
intimare
connc.rior
b.twcen
ou
thinking
about
¿nim¡ls,
¡nd
our
self-undcrstanding:
(2)
ho*
ou¡
c¡rnivorous
úd
oth.r
dploitariv€
pnctices
n.td
¡o
b€
callcd
what
¡1|.y
a¡e
violcnccand
gcnocidq
(3)
how
our
*poicnct
of
thc
otho
enimd
opcns
in
utiou
wrys
onto
'abyssel
ruptura"
ofany
happy
dom6riqred
co¡ccprü¡ii?¿tion;
and
(4)
rhc
impon¡¡c.
ófrhc
logic
ofracrific
in
undcroding
why
rc
e6r
o
wcdo.I
¡ls
sutg.r¡
rh..
omething
of
rhe
abysrl
dimc¡sion
of
our
rclarion
to
¡¡ilnals
is
kr
¿tde
one
w
6ll oot
more
fully our
hkto;@l
.ng¡g.n.ns
with
diF.rcnr
úimals
end'p€cies
of¡rimals.
Thi'
would
give
thc
ap.ricne
wirh
¿
Ft
or
@mpú¡on
a
li.nitcd,
if
sFciai
sisni6de.
Findly, I
arguc
foraprnding
our
horians
away
f¡om
¡
foru
o¡
thc
i¡dividual
a¡in¡l
to
brcadc¡
envi.o¡mc¡ral
conccrns,
cpccially thinking
throush
our
rolc
in
thc
impoilcd
turu¡c
of
rlc
rcb
of
l¡fc
on
 
''Hallol"
said
Pigler.
"wha¡
¡re
youdo¡tr8?"
.
-.
"Tracking
sometl:ins,"
eid
Mnni.-rhe-Pooh v.ry
myrer;ously.
"T.¡cking
wh¡r¡"
srid
Pigler,
coming
closer.
"Th¿is,ust
wLa¡
I
aJt
mysclt I
ask
m¡self,
\7hari"
"Vhat
do you
think you'll
m*cr?""I
sh¿ll hevc
ro
Mi¡
únril
I
.arch
úp
w¡ú
it,"
eid
vinnie-rhe-P@h."Now,
look thcrc."
Hc
poin¡cd
¡o
thc
ground
¡n
fron¡
ofhim-"
\ühar
do
"T¡acks,"
said
Pisler.
"Paw-m¿¡|c."Hc g¡ve
¿
sqüékof
oci¡cmcn!.
"Oh,
Pohl
Do you
think
ils
a
-
a
-
¿
v@rei"
(.d
A.
Milnc)5
"A
cat
may
lok
ar
a
king,"
sai¿
Ali€.
"l'v.
read
rhar
i¡
some
book,
but
I
donl
rchcmb.r
wfi.¡.."
(rdis
cdo
)
whilc,
quitc
propedy,
Dcrrida.csL$
dáini¡'g
forh
üc
sratuof
a
p¡¡n¡l
guq
rfr
ecnr
&orn
qüich
he
sca
out
¡¡d
ro
whjch
hc
rcpcaadlv¡cmms,
i¡
rhat
of¡n
enounrc¡
wirh
his
et.ó
Doida
turens
nor
on
his
m
¡wmns
of
thc
et,
bur
on
ü€
cipcri.dce
ofbciog
se€n
by
hk
(fernalc)
at,
*1ro,
norcon¡
secs
him
¡¡kcd,
faucd,
wc
¡¡c
¡old,
on
his
*.
As
*irh Hii.lr.od's
re.ring,up
crmcn
:ngl*.
this
s¡c
allow
Dcrrid¿
to
oen
e
¿bwd
dim.rcion
ro
ü.
mst
domctic
of
saa.
Unlikc
Nrgel!
bn,
for
erample,T
whac
somcüing
áli.n
(úe
bát ulcs
ronar)
obrrucb rh.
work
of
cmpathy
ñom
th.
b.Ai¡ói¡g,
rh.
er
¡i
r
"Éñili¡.,"
e
dG
compü
on,
a
c¡€¿rurt
ore
she¡€s
i
'pacc,
sv€n
¡
life
*irh.
A¡d
'rr
...
Dc¡r'd¡
is
of@u6.
op.ning
up
et
lat
nro
quctions
at
one-
thc
quctionof
our
rclatiorohip
to
"uimals"
{ud
to
spcifc
individu¡l
¿o¡n¡ls),
md
thc
qucstion
ofwho
'1"
arn,
the
truth
ofmy
bcing,thc
"autobiognphi<¡1"
qucstion-
Wc
may
rdmit
that thc
"otfici
h*
a
rolc
to
play
in
dctcmining
who
I
d.
Ic¡¡¡or
br
¡¡
aurho¡
unlcss
orhcn
rad,
or
*
lcxt
buy,
my books.
Bur
the
lookof
a
qr
rh¡atcns to
intcnupr
f¡ally
whetRic@u.
rculd
call thc
onsruaive
dcrour
Jrtough
rhc
oüet.
Tlc
l@k which
th€
./cs
moifo¡
no
nanc¡
what
ki¡d
of
o7s üo7
*,
is
a
puc
reGrcncc
to mysclf.
Vh
l
apprcl'cod
imÍ'edi¿ely
*hcn
I
hc¡r
¡l¡c
broche
creckjing
b.hind
mc
is
no¡
rhar
rbac
n
¡onaz¿
t
r¡a
n
is
th.t
I
m
"¡lne¡¡blc.
rh¿¡
I
h¡vc
a
bodv
*hich
on
bc
hun
.
.
.
in
short
that
I
¿nTo manif*¡
o¡esclf
¡
m.d:a¡y
of
úy
imag..
hungcr.
(lainr)'
a
hce
is
ro
impor
on*lf
.
..
without
rhe
inrc¡-
in
onc's
nudity,
ü¡
n.
i¡
onc\
dc¡irutio¡
a¡d
The ph.nomcnology
of
rh.
l6k,
of b.ing
l@k d
¡t,
doc
not
ofcou*
bcgin
wnh D€rida ¡nd
h¡
(¡r,
and
ir
is
in¡üuct¡vc
ro
rcmir¡d oursclva
*ha¡
po*c¡6¡l
workir dGs
for
borh
S¿nrc
od
lsinu
befo¡e
him.
I¡
Sanrc's
clcic
ualwis.ro
 
thc
look
of
üc
other
afecs
an
intcntion¡l
revcrsd
in
wh¡ch
I
e¡oeriencc
nr¡clf
obimificd,
ocn
"rleourcd"
by
thc
othcis
ge.
Spsificdly,
I
qpcricnce
my
own
subjccriviry and freedom
üthering
in
tbc
prcscncc
of
thc
othc¡.
Vh¿r
¡his
*pedcne
shows
ro Sanrc
is
rh.rruggl.
for
6eódúcy
t¡renr
in
human itrrcr-
crion,
the
instabilir.T
rhar
a¡is
ñon
thc
nccring
of
vo
subj<s
och
projecting
a
world.
Sanrc's
other
is
not
linited
to
rhc actual
pence
of
the
oorhc¡
hun¿n.
A
N¿
Szo¡,¿gsign,
cnckting
bkd.h.s,
or
¿
.r.¿*
on
thc
s¿i.s
o
m¡le
mc
blush.
Hc
docs
nor,
to
my k¡owlcdge,
giv.
üc
¡nimaj
s
gar
¡srtu
ompaablc to
th¿t
of
m¡n.
But thc
r*on
for
this
oclusion
may
bc
strúg.r
th¡n
it sems.
For
therc
is
no
bcttcr
model
fo¡
the
objetifring
gu
rhm
that
of
thc
prcdator weighing
up
dinncr. Thcrc
re
mrny
kinds
of look
or
gm
-
rh¡t
of
love.
adoration,
pridc,
cory,
pi¡y,
erc.
The
.cdua¡'c
focu¡
of
thc
modaliry
of
the
look
Sana
chma
suggcs
a
átal
intcrucaving
otthn
frcedom
wh¡ch,
for
S¿n¡e
(¿ñq
Hcg.ll
disdnguishcs
m¡.
&om
¡r'c
a¡im¡I,
wirh
tlc
inability ñrlly
to
rcogniz
that
frecdom
in
rhe
oócr. Vhc¡c
rhc
othc¡
n
an
rnimd,
wc
mry
suppos.
úr¡t
a¡
le¡¡
¡hc
di¿lcc¡id
insub¡litie
dono¡
anc,
a¡d
we
co
g.t
on wirh
rhc
oc¡yd¡y
bsins
ofsubjus¿t'on.
For
laina3,
roo,
úé
crp€¡icnc€
of
thc
oüc¡
h
incomplae
*idrout
rhe
dF¡i€nc.
of
b.¡ns
addrerd
by thc
othc¡.
Thc
6e-to-f¿e
tcla¡jo¡
nczw
"Don\kill
mc"
-
i:
n
o
¿ddrs.fuain
thac
is
a
rocml
or
blckagc
of
our
óo¡md
inrcnlionat
srdc,
sd
rhc displaccmcnt
of
rhc
prinácyof
lhc
¡ubiccr.
Thc"ablssal"
dirncnsion
ofthis
cxpcdence
ortl
thc othe¡
consisrs
not
in thc fact
rh¿r
rh.
o¡h.r
(-
ürh
N€d)
k
@gnitiv.ly
¿llúiv.
o.
r@sivc,
g.ncrating
fo¡
exarnplc
"thc
problem
oforhcr
mindi
-
but mthc¡
th¿t thc
othcr,
by
addrcins
nc,
inwkc
an obligation, an
inñnitc
obligtion,
that
*cetds
knowledge
"a
such.'
Tle
"ab¡'si
is
not
so
mucl
my
ufatlomrbly
dap
isnnncc
of
wh{
n
nighr
bc
li&.
ro
b€
youbur
nrhcr
rh€
inc¡lculablc
g¿p
bcrwctn
knwlcdg.
u
such
ud
cponsibilicy.
Nos
for
ravinás
we
mighr
inaginc
thrt
dre
uimal
*"uld
bc
a
godscnd,
illus'
rrari¡g
his
ücl¡
in
an
excnpl¡rr
way.
Srr'¡Bcb'
¡his
¡
oo.
'o.
vhen
arkcd
ebout thc
¡niml
¡
othcr,
hc
ins¡ts
ther
thc
uim¿l hu
a
&e
ooly
by
ualos,
üü
üc
humu.
And
it
quickly
beone
clerr that
Lvinx
edhcrcs
to
a
vcr¡
traditional
accormt
ofthe
grcat
chiin
of bei¡g,
doubdng
for
enmplc.
rhat
a
sn¡kc
couid
havc
a
f¡ce.Hcwritcs:
I
ca¡no¡
say
¡r
wha¡
momcnr
you
have
thc
righr ro
b.
callcd
'f¡cc.' Ihe
húd
f¡cc
is
completcl),
diFcrcnt,
md
only
eftcvards
do
ft
di$ov.r
the
facc
of
r
a¡imal.
.
. .
Thc
hunan
brcdts
üth
pure
bei¡g,which
is
always¿
p.sirt.n6
i¡
bcin8.
Tha¡
i¡
Dryi¡'s
ida.
fi<
b.iog
of
animds
is
¡
ctrusdc
for
lif..
A
strusslc
for
lif.
without
€thi6.'t
It
is
t.mpd¡t
to
su3gest
th¿r
in
his
pocm
"Thc
Snakc"
D.
H.
t¡wr.nc
is
b.ingno.e
lsiotuiú
thú l¡vidsl
A
snake
.dc
ro my
w¡r.rrough
On
a
hor
hot
day, and
I
in
pyianx
for
thc
hert
of 00

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