On animals: reviewing Agamben, Atterton & Calarco ChrulewMatthew 2017 Matthew Chrulew reviews two publications: The Open: Man and Animal, by Giorgio Agamben (Kevin Attell, translator; W. Hamacher, editor. California: Stanford University Press; 2004. MERIDIAN: Crossing Aesthetics series), and Animal Philosophy: Essential Readings in Continental Thought, edited by Matthew Calarco and Peter Atterton (London and New York: Continuum; 2004). Copyright 2005 Matthew Chrulew. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.