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Leonardo Caffo
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Leonardo Caffo (born 1988) is an Italian philosopher and essayist.
Quotes
Infinite ways of being, which we call individuals, never cease to amaze us and reveal themselves—making existence much more like a symphony than the sad, unbearable soliloquy that has been recounted by anthropocentrism.
Qualsiasi in L. Caffo, F. Cimatti, A come Animale: voci per un bestiario dei sentimenti, Bompiani, Milano, 2015.
Beyond the smooth boundaries of humanity, some individuals of the monstrous species have observed the other, or at least what remained after the classification we often hear referred to as the “evolutionary ladder.” That terrible moment—that disarming awareness—was like a violent shock that held a caress within it. The name of that caress is antispecism.
Flatus Vocis: breve invito all'agire animale, Novalogos, Aprilia, 2012.
One idea, and only one, I would like to convey through all this writing with the paws of a pig: another world is possible, in which your children and those of a cow can play together, discovering that they are united in that wonderful mystery we call existence, regardless of the supposed differences in language or intelligence. This world depends on each of us, and on changing the political and intellectual system in which we live—start demanding, starting tomorrow, your share of this life to come. I am confident, and I owe it to the pig that I am.
'Il maiale non fa la rivoluzione: manifesto per un antispecismo debole, Sonda, Casale Monferrato, 2013, foreword.
Quotes about
The most promising, versatile, and original among young Italian philosophers.
Maurizio Ferraris, quoted in Leonardo Caffo, Il maiale non fa la rivoluzione: manifesto per un antispecismo debole, Sonda, Casale Monferrato, 2013, back cover. ISBN 978-88-7106-701-8
Leonardo Caffo is a true visionary who has provided, in this little book [Only for Them], a theoretical construction which lays the foundation for a new way of thinking and being. The clear logic and palpable passion with which Caffo writes has the potential to open minds and hearts – and to change the world.
Melanie Joy, from the foreword to Leonardo Caffo, Only for Them: A Manifesto for Animality Through Philosophy and Politics, Mimesis International, Londra, 2014. ISBN 978-88-575-2418-4. Also reported in the back cover of the book.
Bibliography
Leonardo Caffo (with Felice Cimatti), A come Animale: voci per un bestiario dei sentimenti, Bompiani, Milano, 2015. ISBN 978-88-452-7857-0
Leonardo Caffo, Flatus Vocis: breve invito all'agire animale, Novalogos, Aprilia, 2011. ISBN 978889733941X
Leonardo Caffo, Il maiale non fa la rivoluzione: manifesto per un antispecismo debole'', Sonda, Casale Monferrato, 2013. ISBN 978-88-7106-701-8
Caffo, Leonardo
Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Philosophers from Italy
Category:Essayists from Italy