(Un)Thinking Otherness: The Entanglement of Bios and Zoē in Rahel Hutmacher’s Animal Stories

What is it about?

This article is about how the short stories of Swiss Jewish author Rahel Hutmacher use animals in order to re-think our relationship to the Other.

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Why is it important?

Rethinking otherness through literature in general and animals in literature specifically allows us to question legal and ethical assumptions about which type(s) of life is/are worth being protected and appreciated.