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A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment

A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment


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A 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.


About the Author: Matthew Senior is Professor of French at Oberlin College and author of Animal Acts: Configuring the Human in Western History.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781847888204
  • Publisher: Berg Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Berg Publishers
  • Depth: 13
  • Height: 239 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Series Title: Cultural Histories
  • Weight: 412 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1847888208
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: Reprint
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 170 mm


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