Human-Animal Difference ‘Reloaded’: The Oikological Anthropology

The topic here exposed – an original approach to human-animal difference – is part of a larger project: a Philosophy of Technology in the Nominative Case (TECNOM), grounded on the concept of Neoenviromentality. TECNOM moves from an Oikological Anthropology (whose theoretical core is the idea of Anthropic Perimeter), which addresses the difference between man and animal (i.e. human and animal condition) on the basis of the relationship they establish with their respective oikos (i.e. vital space). Such a relationship is itself based on a Pathosophy or Pathic Presupposition. Index. Historical-theoretical background of the Oikological Anthropology (§ 1). Basic assumptions of this anthropology (§ 2), i.e. Anthropic Perimeter (2.1) and Pathic Presupposition (2.2). Brief presentation of TECNOM (§ 3.). Glossary (§ 4).