Permalink Submitted by Harry Wels on 14 January 2019
Organization/ affiliation:
African Studies Centre Leiden / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dear Bert,
Thank you for your comment on the blog of the CRG 'Trans-species perspectives on African Studies', much appreciated!
In response to your comment: Maybe it is all a matter of definition, discourse and semantics, but if you write about a 'radical affirmation of our common humanity', does the 'common' then also include non-human sentient beings? Because if not, then it is precisely the point I want to make in the blog. If it does include other sentient beings, then we might not disagree as much as you seem to suggest in your comment?
Dear Bert,
Thank you for your comment on the blog of the CRG 'Trans-species perspectives on African Studies', much appreciated!
In response to your comment: Maybe it is all a matter of definition, discourse and semantics, but if you write about a 'radical affirmation of our common humanity', does the 'common' then also include non-human sentient beings? Because if not, then it is precisely the point I want to make in the blog. If it does include other sentient beings, then we might not disagree as much as you seem to suggest in your comment?