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Leonardo Caffo

    Leonardo Caffo vyučuje Ontológiu dizajnu na Politechnike v Turíne a je členom Ontologického laboratória Univerzity v Turíne. Píše pre kultúrnu prílohu «la Lettura» denníka «Corriere della Sera» a je spoluriaditeľom «Animot». Jeho dielo sa zaoberá témami ako možnosť zmeny a kritika antispeciesistických postojov. Caffo skúma zložité vzťahy medzi bytosťou, dizajnom a ľudskou spoločnosťou, pričom jeho analýzy sú často provokatívne a podnecujúce k zamysleniu.

    Il mistero della nascita del linguaggio
    The Contemporary Posthuman
    Only For Them
    An Art for the Other
    • 2022

      The Contemporary Posthuman

      • 108 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      The book explores the rising interest in posthumanism against the backdrop of a potential sixth mass extinction and the dire impacts of global warming. It challenges readers to reconsider humanity's role and responsibilities in a world facing ecological crisis, highlighting the need to examine the foundational human practices that contribute to these urgent issues. Through this lens, it invites a deeper reflection on existence and our relationship with the planet.

      The Contemporary Posthuman
    • 2015

      Foreword by Steve Baker, Translated by Sarah De SanctisIn their witty and polemical cultural analysis, art and architecture historian Valentina Sonzogni and philosopher Leonardo Caffo explore a myriad a series of visual, ethical, and cultural issues relating to the idea of animality. In twenty-one playful but passionately argued letters to each other, Sonzogni and Caffo propose a change of attitude toward nonhuman animals among advocates, artists, and citizens, particularly in how other-than-human life is presented and re-presented in the visual tradition. Ranging widely across continental philosophy, art theory, and cultural criticism, and with nearly thirty illustrations, An Art for the Other is a fresh and compelling work of contemporary ideas from two of the freshest critical theoreticians in Europe today.

      An Art for the Other
    • 2014

      Year after year, day after day, minute after minute, billions of non-human animals are slaughtered for several purposes and aims (food, clothing, entertainment, research). An analogous situation whose objects were humans instead of animals would obviously never be accepted. But why do we tolerate and even justify one practice while deploring the other? The answer is far from banal: this book is an attempt at finding it beyond the everyday life, through politics and philosophy.

      Only For Them
    • 2010

      Il mistero della nascita del linguaggio

      • 52 stránok
      • 2 hodiny čítania

      La tesi di laurea esplora l'origine delle lingue e il processo di apprendimento linguistico nei bambini, analizzando l'evoluzione dalle teorie comportamentiste agli studi contemporanei di Chomsky e Bickerton. Si concentra sulle lingue Pidgin e il loro sviluppo in Creolo, suggerendo un legame con la lingua primordiale dell'umanità.

      Il mistero della nascita del linguaggio