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What It Means To Be Human - Couverture souple

Bourke, Joanna

 
9781844086450: What It Means To Be Human
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1844086453 ISBN 13 : 9781844086450
Editeur : Virago, 2013

Synopsis

Fiercely intelligent, always provocative, Joanna Bourke turns to the subject of the human animal

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À propos de l'auteur

Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'Intellectually energetic and important' Paul Binding, Independent

In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Ernest Englishwoman' published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?', in which she protested the fact that the status of women was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. The Ernest Englishwoman's critique could equally have applied to slaves, and if she had been able to look into the future, she might have wondered about chimeras or the ethics of stem cell research.

Meticulously researched, wide-ranging and illuminating, What It Means to be Human explores the legacy of two centuries and asks what the future holds for humans and animals.

'Provocative [and] exhilarating . . . Bourke's intelligence is sharp, her language lively, and the cultural images striking' Iain Finlayson, The Times

'A dauntless exploration . . . With mesmerising dexterity she deconstructs binaries of "human" and "animal" . . . A multitude of fresh ideas and an eye-opening and, at times, shocking intellectual adventure' Joanne Hayden, Sunday Business Post

'It is a delight to read such an ambitious book. Bourke deserves congratulations for bravely going where many historians would fear to tread' Sheila Rowbotham, Times Higher Education

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Éditeur
Virago
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844086453
ISBN 13 
9781844086450
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
480
Coordonnées du fabricant
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