Animal ontology and philosophical ethology - after Roberto Marchesini

A short, yet deep dive into Roberto Marchesini's animal ontology. Exploring Marchesini's thought, this video essay brings forward many of his philosophical and ethological concepts that end up paving the way for a new and vital model of animal subjectivity. Enriching our understanding of what it means to be an animal being, Marchesini's philosophy offers an anti-anthropocentric and anti-speciesist conceptualization that frames the human as a particular kind of animal, rather than a "special" one, while reframing animality as an open condition.

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🖼️ Sections:

0:16 - Part I - Roberto Marchesini’s posthumanism
2:34 - Part II - Overcoming the myth of incompleteness and of purity
5:02 - Part III - A philosophy of relationship
7:06 - Part IV - The four principles of animal ontology
10:22 - Part V - The metapredicates of animality and the possibility of new becomings
15:43 - Part VI - Animal subjectivity and the birth of philosophical ethology

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🌟 Credits:

Writer & Narrator - Cosetta Veronese
Director, Script, Video, Sound & Music Editor and Narrator - Aron Nor
Art Director & Illustrator - Mina Mimosa
Narrator & Script Editor - M. Martelli

The illustration in section II is directly inspired by a work of the illustrator Pep Montserrat.

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Tags: #philosophicalethology #animalontology #animalsubjectivity

[justwondering]

The video essay's text is up on the website with transcript in English and Romanian, selected bibliography and ALT texts included for the illustrations.

[lalitathithyan]

Love the Illustration, just facinating. Kept me hooked throughout.

[robjfulton]

why do you not have a million subscribers. Your videos are fantastic

[vidiot]

well here we are on the edge of the web, hopefully sometime soon you will be closer to the centre.
Best wishes and thank you for sharing this awesome video❤

[mariaeftimie]

Beautifully transmitted and absolutely stunning illustrations ❤ as usual

[KazimirKharza]

Very very interesting. I see mr. Marchesini has published a lot of books... do you recommend any particular titles (possibly in english) to gain a better understanding of his ideas?

[tuza-puyl]

Hi! This might be irrelevant .But do you think marxism is somehow relevant in your anti-speciesist project?

Btw, thought-provoking video as always. Thank you.