HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND THE LOT OF ANIMALS: TELLING STORIES ABOUT “HUMAN NATURE” IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND THE LOT OF ANIMALS: TELLING STORIES ABOUT “HUMAN NATURE” IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

Summary/Abstract: This paper arose from a discussion of Maria Kronfeldner’s book What’s Left of Human Nature? In it, I am chiefly concerned with two things: the role that other animals are afforded in discussions about and attempts at defining “human nature”, and a critique of the concept of nature that is utilized in the book. Furthermore, I view science as storytelling practice, and scholarly narratives about “human nature” as important stories in order to pose the question of accountability of telling such stories in the Anthropocene.

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