Abstract

CAGUENAS ROZO, Diego. After the Animal: Two Ontological Pursuits. CS [online]. 2011, n.7, pp.377-408. ISSN 2011-0324.  https://doi.org/10.18046/recs.i7.1048.

Stories of feral children are commonly regarded as little more than fiction. This paper explores two cases of children allegedly brought up by animals from the viewpoint of ethology as defined by Deleuze: "the practical science of ways of being". In doing so, it questions the taxonomical project that divides the living world into separate species, defined in accordance with the notion of essence. By analyzing the basis for the skepticism with which these stories are received, this paper proposes that something central to the modern world is at stake in them, i.e., the distinction between human and animal life.

Keywords : Feral children; Animals; Ethology; Taxonomy; Human life.

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