A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment

Name: A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 The period of the Enlightenment saw great changes in the way animals were seen. The codifying and categorizing impulse of the age of reason saw sharp lines drawn between different animal species and between animals and humans. In 1600, "beasts" were still seen as the foils and adversaries of human reason. By 1800, animals had become exemplars of sentiment and compassion, the new standards of truth and morals. A new age had dawned, a time when humans admired animals and sought to recover their own animality. A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.

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Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 254
Release Date:: 2009-06-15
Publication Date:: 2009-04-01
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1845203720
ISBN13:: 9781845203726
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 679 g
Height:: 18.3 cm
Width:: 26 cm
Thickness:: 1.8 cm

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