ABSTRACT
Special issue of Angelaki is devoted to the work of Vinciane Despret. It comes between an earlier issue of Angelaki dedicated to the writings of Dominique Lestel, and a forthcoming issue devoted to the writings of Roberto Marchesini. Despret is a Belgian philosopher who has been writing for over twenty years on human–animal relations. She studied philosophy and psychology at the Universite de Liege, has undertaken field studies in Belgium, France, Israel, England, and Portugal, and has been a visiting speaker around the world. Despret is the author of numerous books and essays in French on the history and philosophy of psychology and ethology, human–animal relations, and feminism. A new piece by Despret written for her public radio programme; a new prefatory essay by Donna Haraway, “A Curious Practice,” written specifically for this issue; an interview with Despret; and an expository essay introducing some of the central tenets of her philosophical ethology.
