Book review by Alysse Stepanian in the Journal for Critical Animal Studies (JCAS)

Book review by Alysse Stepanian in the Journal for Critical Animal Studies (JCAS)

JCAS VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4, 2012; pg. 188-197
Review of 2011 book by Ron Broglio

Surface Encounters: Thinking with Animals and Art. University of Minnesota Press.
Artists discussed in the book are: Damien Hirst, Carolee Schneemann, Snæbjörnsdóttir & Wilson, Olly and Suzi, Marcus Coates, and Matthew Barney.

Excerpt from the review:
"Broglio argues that traditionally animals are judged against human standards and are believed to lack critical reflection and the depth of human interiority and self-reflexive thought. Human belief that animals live on the surface, lacking depth, has justified animal cruelty and the flattening of the worlds of all non-human animals under the concept animal (xvi-xvii)"

Read the review on pg. 188-197: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/students-for-cas/journal-for-critical-animal-studies/volume-10-issue-4-2012/
Direct link: http://issuu.com/icasonlinepublications/docs/jcas_volume_10_issue_4_2012/189