德希達在 1997 年舍里西舉辦的研討會發表〈故我在跟隨的 動物〉後，他的動物論述引發學者不少爭議，主要是著重在他論 文裡呈現的那隻貓，是否真是他所謂的真實的貓，還是如其他哲 學家所呈現的動物一樣，早已被文本化或哲學化了。本篇論文認 為德希達以它者的眼光省視動物，並如此呈現動物，並以此為主 軸，分成以下幾個討論方向：（1）簡述評論家對於德希達動物 論述的批判，其中最主要的不滿，就是指責他劃地自限，無視真 實動物的存在；（2）討論德希達對西方傳統視覺的批判和反思； （3）分析德希達在貓的凝視中所見到的解構思想和行動實踐的 脫節，以及脫節的原因；（4）探究深淵的意義，並為德希達漠 視動物的指責作辯護；（5）連結延異和動物的關係，呈現德希 達對動物的關懷／凝視。

Since the 1997 Cerisy Conference where Jacques Derrida presented the paper, “L’animal que donc je suis,” his attitude towards animals has been a controversial issue among scholars. The controversy mainly revolves around the doubt: whether he really sees the cat presented in this paper as a real cat, or the cat is simply another textualized/philosophized cat, like the other animals presented by the philosophers before him. This paper contends that Derrida sees the animals from the eyes of the Other, and presents them as such. The argument is divided into five parts: (1) a brief introduction to the critics’ discontent with Derrida’s animal studies, focusing on their complaint that Derrida draws an uncrossable line between the animals and himself; (2) Derrida’s critique of the traditional western account of the vision; (3) the disruption between deconstructive thinking and practical action when Derrida sees himself being seen by his cat, and the cause of this disruption; (4) the meaning of abyss, and my defense for Derrida’s attitude towards animals; (5) the relationship between différance and animals, and Derrida’s concern about the animals.