[...]its absence ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> this ='lgc'>[this way of talking about ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal is against his philosophical tradition='lgc'>] is not particularly o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">riginal, it is part of the very game of philosophy='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*to fight with ="trms">ancestors and contemporaries ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>~=='qstn'>? recalcitrance تمرد tamarod='lgc'>] about great and noble ideas='strcls'>* (to denounce inequality and violence)

maintaining distance is a characteristic of the ="trms">episteme of the French philosophical tradition

the topic of ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal in French tradition='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal can be a topic of philosophy if it is called up as a figure of otherness (or a figure of deprivation) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> is that why i started to work and think about ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal ="trms">fables after i moved to germany='qstn'>? because i became identifiable as deprived other='qstn'>? and ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reading about the naming and d="trms">enunciation of philosophical violence towards the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal became a proxy for philosophical violence towards myself as a foreigner='qstn'>?='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal as ancient ="trms">ancestor (a search for ="trms">difference with appeal)
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>**as a figure caught up in theoretical and abstract issues='strcls'>** (a philosophical ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> animots='lgc'>: paper ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals, abstract inexistent ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals
='lgc'>=/= ="ppl">Derrida taking up the topic of the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal ='lgc'>==> to oppose a certain humanist hegemony, denouncing philosophical violence towards the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Derrida's rejection of philosophical game par excellence (the game that deals with re="trms">presentations, framework of re="trms">presentation)



="large lg2" stl="font-size:110%"> ='heart'>♥ the parable of the twelfth camel
An old man, sensing his impending death, called to his side his three sons, to share with them the little he still owned. He said to them='lgc'>: my sons, I have eleven camels. I bequeath half of them to the oldest, a quarter to the second son, and to you, my youn="trms">gest, I give a sixth. Upon the father's death, the sons found themselves quite perplexed='lgc'>: how to divide their in="trms">heritance='qstn'>? A war over the division of goods seemed inevitable. With no apparent solution, the sons went to a neighbouring village to seek advice from an old sage. The old man thought awhile and then shook his head='lgc'>: I cannot resolve this problem. The only thing I can do for you is to give you my old camel. He is not very obedient and often does as he pleases. I don't know if you can use him but I think he may help you divide your in="trms">heritance. The sons brought the old camel back with them and divided up the in="trms">heritance='lgc'>: the first then received six camels, the second three and the youn="trms">gest two. This then left the camel of the old sage, which they could return to his owner.

        ,     ,
‘'’ ‘'’   ‘'’   ‘’

this parable reveals particular and essential dimension of all forms of in="trms">heritance='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•='lgc'>[="ppl">="ppl">Despret:='lgc'>] they place us in a ="trms">position of ="trms">obligation ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to work out
="lsts lst1">•='lgc'>[="frds">Sina:='lgc'>] they had to go to the foreign to figure out their in="trms">heritance


the sons have to work out the ='strcls'>*="trms">position of ="trms">obligation='strcls'>*

='strcls'>*****in="trms">heritance (passed on as something that appears impossible) as such requires you to ='strcls'>*start from='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= about, concerning, with='lgc'>] this in="trms">heritance
="lsts lst1">•“start from” implies precisely the fact of remaining ="trms">obligated to that ='strcls'>*from='strcls'>* which we speak, think, or act ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ learn from ='and'>& create from events='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•“being ="trms">obligated” implies learning to do, speak, act, decide, not about these events, not concerning them, not facing or against them, but from them
='lgc'>==> you are bound ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*you honor the terms of the problem='strcls'>* (such as it is posed along with its contra="trms">dictions ='lgc'>~ fubar)
='lgc'>==> (help you to) resist the common sense (or less common sense) solutions


='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]in="trms">heriting='lgc'>: an act that ="trms">demands thought and commitment, an act that calls for our transformation by the very gift of in="trms">heriting ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='mywrk'>my work on ="nms">ajayeb, you start from ="nms">ajayeb (better than “coughing”='qstn'>?)


="large lg1" stl="font-size:123%"> Despert in ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reading ="ppl">Derrida through ="ppl">="ppl">Haraway ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> studying the way in which ="trms">scientists were beginning to ="trms">respond to their ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals ='and'>& becoming attentive to the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals’ ="trms">responses in trun

='lgc'>[="frds">Sina ='lgc'>+ ="ppl">="ppl">Despret ='lgc'>+ ="ppl">="ppl">Haraway='lgc'>] ='strcls'>***to in="trms">herit is an act that ="trms">demands a transformation on the part of the in="trms">heritor='strcls'>***

the importance of transforming that which is transmitted to us


thinking from ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals
(="ppl">="ppl">Despret working on) the meaning of ”(starting) from” ='lgc'>[a partir de='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•for philosophers='lgc'>: to depart from ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals, to leave them as quickly as possible and never to return ='lgc'>==> “='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal='lgc'> = text ='and'>& pretext” ='lgc'>: its function is to provide a reason for going (partir) elsewhere ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- i have done this='lgc'>]


getting involved ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> martyrdom


="trms">author-turned-ethologist ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> classic genres of ethological ="trms">literature

(a ="trms">matter of) ='strcls'>*performing through ="trms">narration the passing ="trms">obligation that is now mine='strcls'>*

(="ppl">="ppl">Latourian) ='strcls'>*amateur='lgc'>: a person who likes and cultivates her tastes and does her best to cultivate a kind of becoming-sensitive to the ="trms">world='strcls'>*

in ethology (and in ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal ="trms">sciences) monologues make terrible ="trms">narratives

='lgc'>[='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Femke, ='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Pierre, ='qstn'>?can we do without='lgc'>] the philosophical tradition of='lgc'>: ='strcls'>**searching for traces of ideological and political contamination='strcls'>** in the work of ="trms">scientific ="trms">natura="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list (or whatever other field) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> you (often) find a perfect target for this ="trms">sort of critique
="lsts lst1">•(pay attention to) what makes a perfect target for your ="trms">sort of critique (='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Laura's Jane Fonda, etc.)

='lgc'>[="trms">zoological ="trms">bird:='lgc'>] ="trms">sociobiological ="trms">literature prepares you to accept a certain kind of fact about this ="trms">bird ='lgc'>=/= Zahavi's babblers however do (altruism ='and'>& cooperation) in a remarkably more inventive and diversified way and for entirely ="trms">different reasons that ="trms">sociobiological ="trms">birds

="trms">anthropocentrism (credit ="trms">birds with complex intentions, and ='lgc'>[why='qstn'>?='lgc'>] complex intentions always seem human)
to see ="trms">birds as “dancing” and for fairly complex reasons could only have been a result of the fact that the observers projected ="trms">onto the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals their own frameworks and experiences


="large lg3" stl="font-size:110%"> ="ppl">="ppl">Despret observing the ="trms">birds ='lgc'>+ their ethologist ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the ="trms">birds made Zahavi ="trms">interesting

(="ppl">="ppl">Despret discovering that) any theory of re="trms">presentation was at once partial and totalizing, because it proposed to elucidate the complex work of ="trms">relations and encounters from the sole standpoint of the human

(how ="ppl">="ppl">Despret became) ="trms">interested in actual practices (with ="ppl">="ppl">Stengers and ="ppl">="ppl">Latour), in the way they ="trms">articulated ="trms">questions and ="trms">responded to ="trms">questions

='strcls'>****="trms">stories that ="trms">scientists ='lgc'>[and Disney or Hollywood='lgc'>] develop about ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals are also our ="trms">stories='strcls'>**** ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> these ="trms">stories transform humans and their ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals
='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Stengers='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">sciences (of the contemporaneity) for which='lgc'>: ='strcls'>**production of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge='lgc'> = production of a way of being='strcls'>** ='lgc'>==> (they do not reveal what ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals are, rather) they follow and accompany an act of becoming together ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*an act of becoming with the ="trms">stories that we construct concerning them='strcls'>* (good or bad)
="lsts lst1">•="trms">birds will have been far more ="trms">interesting starting from the moment that Zahavi proposed to connect their ="trms">stories to others ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>~-> how ="nms">Cinderella became ="trms">interesting for me when her ="trms">stories became connected to other ="trms">stories ='lgc'>=/= restructure her ="trms">story to make her fit my contemporary political correctness='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•sheep will have been far more sophisticated starting from the moment that Thelma Rowell asked them ="trms">interesting ="trms">questions

="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> ='strcls'>**to ask ="trms">interesting ="trms">question='lgc'>: to create conditions in which sheep ='lgc'>[beings, your subject='lgc'>] are able to de="trms">monstrate an ="trms">interest in these ="trms">questions

='strcls'>**="trms">interesting research='lgc'>: looking at the conditions that allow beings to become ="trms">interesting


='lgc'>{ how ="trms">scientists made their ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals ="trms">agents='lgc'> = how ="trms">scientists created the conditions for certain ="trms">responses with respect to what was being asked of the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals ='lgc'>}='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Despret='lgc'>='lgc'>--> how these changing ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals ='strcls'>*became real='strcls'>* by way of the very ='strcls'>*test of transformation='strcls'>* that had been proposed to them (='lgc'>~ how they were involved in the “process of verification”) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*to understand the ="trms">system of truth that was ay the heart of these tests='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= to produce an umpteenth critical analysis of “re="trms">presentation” ='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Pierre)
='lgc'>==> you are under the same constraints as those in whom you had placed your confidence

='at'>@="frds">Sina='lgc'>: do not construct knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge about your mother behind her back! ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> getting to know what ="trms">matters (to them, to her) ='lgc'>==> allows transformations to occur
="prgrph">-i usually did both (as mentor in ="nms">apass), construct knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge behind people's back ='lgc'>[psychosis='lgc'>] ='and'>& getting to know what ="trms">matters to them ='lgc'>[="trms">paranoia='lgc'>]

="large lg5" stl="font-size:114%"> (="ppl">="ppl">Despret discovered) one (unignorable) thing that ="trms">mattered to ="trms">scientists was='lgc'>: how ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals take an active part in the knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge that is produced about them


(why working on ="nms">ajayeb ="trms">bestiary involves becoming ="trms">interested in ="trms">sciences='lgc'>:) you wor[...]