Filozofija i drustvo 2024 Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages: 35-51
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2401035Z
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Human exceptionalism and the lot of animals: Telling stories about “human nature” in the anthropocene
Žakula Sonja 
(Institute of Ethnography SASA), zakula.sonja@gmail.com
This paper arose from a discussion of Maria Kronfeldner’s book What’s Left of
Human Nature? In it, I am chiefly concerned with two things: the role that
other animals are afforded in discussions about and attempts at defining
“human nature”, and a critique of the concept of nature that is utilized in
the book. Furthermore, I view science as storytelling practice, and
scholarly narratives about “human nature” as important stories in order to
pose the question of accountability of telling such stories in the
Anthropocene.
Keywords: “human nature”, human exceptionalism, other animals, Western epistemology
Project of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 451-03-66/2024-03/ 200173
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