Beasts, Humans, and Transhumans in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance - Couverture rigide

Clay, Eugene

 
9782503590639: Beasts, Humans, and Transhumans in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 2503590632 ISBN 13 : 9782503590639
Editeur : Brepols N.V., 2020

Synopsis

From shape-shifting Merlin to the homunculi of Paracelsus, the nine fascinating essays of this collection explore the contested boundaries between human and non-human animals, between the body and the spirit, and between the demonic and the divine. Drawing on recent work in animal studies, posthumanism, and transhumanism, these innovative articles show how contemporary debates about the nature and future of humanity have deep roots in the myths, literature, philosophy, and art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The authors of these essays demonstrate how classical stories of monsters and metamorphoses offered philosophers, artists, and poets a rich source for reflection on marriage, resurrection, and the passions of love. The ambiguous and shifting distinctions between human, animal, demon, and angel have long been contentious. Beasts can elevate humanity : for Renaissance courtiers, horsemanship defined nobility. But animals are also associated with the demonic, and medieval illuminators portrayed Satan with bestial features. Divided into three sections that examine metamorphoses, human-animal relations, and the demonic and monstrous, this volume raises intriguing questions about the ways humans have understood their kinship with animals, nature, and the supernatural.

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À propos de l?auteur

J. Eugene Clay is an associate professor of religious studies at Arizona State University, where he writes and lectures about religious movements in Eurasia and the encounters of the world religions. His work has appeared in Church History, Russian History/Histoire russe, and the Cahiers du monde russe. He has received grants and awards from the Social Science Research Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the International Research and Exchanges Board.

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Éditeur
Brepols N.V.
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
2503590632
ISBN 13 
9782503590639
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
168
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