THE ANIMAL TURN
S3E2: Pervasive Captivity with Nicolas Delon
In this episode Claudia talks to Nicholas Delon about ‘pervasive captivity’. Moving beyond a conception of captivity as only including those ‘behind bars’, they explore the many ways in which ‘the urban’ might operate to make animals captive by limiting their mobility and autonomy.
About Nicolas Delon
Nicolas Delon is Assistant Professor or philosophy and environmental studies at New College of Florida. He specializes in animal ethics, with particular interests in moral status and animal agency. He has published on these topics as well as the ethics of killing animals, urban animals, wild animal suffering, and Nietzsche, among other things. He’s currently working on a book project about animals and the moral community of persons.
Check out his website (https://nicolasdelon.com/) or connect with him on Twitter (@NicoDelon)
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Recorded 15 March 2021
Featured Readings:
The Ethics of Captivity and Entangled Empathy by Lori Gruen; The Global Pigeon and How Pigeons became Rats by Colin Jerolmack; Pervasive Captivity and Urban Wildlife by Nicholas Delon
