The Mark of the Beast: Animality and Human Oppression - Couverture souple

Roberts, Mark

 
9781557534743: The Mark of the Beast: Animality and Human Oppression
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1557534748 ISBN 13 : 9781557534743
Editeur : Purdue University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Mark of the Beast historically and critically examines the dire effects of the process of animalization on both humans and animals. Roberts provides a general account of the theoretical division between humans and animals begun largely in the work of Aristotle and continued in that of Descartes and Kant. Following the philosophical provenance of the idea of animality, Roberts explores the practical and "scientific" uses of this idea, focusing largely on what Stephen J. Gould terms the "biodeterministic tradition" by evaluating the primarily ninteenth century theories of atavism, craniology, recapitulation, and so on, while also exploring the use of medical and psychological techniques of animalization.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mark S. Roberts is a member of the Department of Philosophy at Suffolk County Community College in New York. He has written numerous works in areas of contemporary French thought, psychology, aesthetics, philosophy of medicine, and media studies.

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Éditeur
Purdue University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1557534748
ISBN 13 
9781557534743
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
230
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Personne responsable
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