Part I: Post-anthropocentrism: The Knowingness of Sheep

I’m delighted to post a contribution below from a long-standing friend and colleague, Ann Furedi, which addresses and raises several themes that will be pursued in future posts.

Introduction

In the first post to this Substack, I stated that my goal was to counter misanthropy's rise, specifically techno-misanthropy, in contemporary society. I noted how the remarkable phenomenon of human subjectivity and agency - our ability to think abstractly, discern cause and effect and act upon our imaginations to transform nature to serve ou…