Tzachi Zamir | |
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Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater |
Tel Aviv University Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Tzachi Zamir (born February 13, 1967 [1]) is an Israeli philosopher and literary critic specialising in the philosophy of literature, the philosophy of theatre, and animal ethics. He is Professor of English and General & Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Zamir studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv University, going on to be a Rothschild and Fulbright postdoctoral fellow in philosophy at The University of Chicago. He joined the English department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2004 as a lecturer, and is now Professor of English and General & Comparative Literature. [2]
Zamir is the author of the 2006 book Double Vision: Moral Philosophy and Shakespearean Drama [3] [4] and the 2007 book Ethics & the Beast: A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation, [5] [6] [7] both published by Princeton University Press. His 2014 book Acts: Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self was published by the University of Michigan Press. [8] [9] [10] In 2018, he published both the monograph Ascent: Philosophy and Paradise Lost [11] [12] [13] and the edited collection Shakespeare's Hamlet: Philosophical Perspectives with Oxford University Press, [14] and in 2020 he published Just Literature: Philosophical Criticism and Justice with Routledge. [15]
While most contemporary scholars involved with animal ethics have written in favour of veganism, Zamir however has defended vegetarianism. [6] [16] [17]
Zamir lives with his wife and three children in Hod HaSharon. [18]
Tzachi Zamir | |
---|---|
Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater |
Tel Aviv University Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Tzachi Zamir (born February 13, 1967 [1]) is an Israeli philosopher and literary critic specialising in the philosophy of literature, the philosophy of theatre, and animal ethics. He is Professor of English and General & Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Zamir studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv University, going on to be a Rothschild and Fulbright postdoctoral fellow in philosophy at The University of Chicago. He joined the English department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2004 as a lecturer, and is now Professor of English and General & Comparative Literature. [2]
Zamir is the author of the 2006 book Double Vision: Moral Philosophy and Shakespearean Drama [3] [4] and the 2007 book Ethics & the Beast: A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation, [5] [6] [7] both published by Princeton University Press. His 2014 book Acts: Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self was published by the University of Michigan Press. [8] [9] [10] In 2018, he published both the monograph Ascent: Philosophy and Paradise Lost [11] [12] [13] and the edited collection Shakespeare's Hamlet: Philosophical Perspectives with Oxford University Press, [14] and in 2020 he published Just Literature: Philosophical Criticism and Justice with Routledge. [15]
While most contemporary scholars involved with animal ethics have written in favour of veganism, Zamir however has defended vegetarianism. [6] [16] [17]
Zamir lives with his wife and three children in Hod HaSharon. [18]