Der Mensch als Tier

Bestselling author Markus Gabriel addresses pressing questions of our time: Is a human "just" an animal? How much animal is in a human? Where do we stand in nature? To prevent our impending self-extinction, we must learn to live with the fact that we are animals and will never be able to overcome our physical and emotional vulnerability. For time immemorial, we have been preoccupied with the question of who or what we humans are. Are we nothing more than rational animals? Or are we the crown of creation, even if we do not believe in a creation? Are we therefore "better animals"? Or "worse animals," because we have lost our connection to nature both within and around us? Markus Gabriel engages with these questions openly, intelligently, and without prejudice. He impressively combines the latest scientific findings with contemporary philosophy. He calls for the recognition of the radical otherness of nature and animals. We must respond to this otherness with an ethics of not knowing. Starting from the questions: What is an animal? And what is life? he leads us to the ultimate question: What is the meaning of life?.