Brutal Reasoning
Animals, Rationality, and Humanity in Early Modern England
1st Edition
Published on 15. February 2019
240 pages
978-1-5017-2719-1 (ISBN)
Description
Brutal Reasoning looks at the ways in which humans were conceptualized, at what being "human" meant, and at how humans could lose their humanity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
4 b&w halftones, 4 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
4 b&w halftones - 4 Halftones, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-5017-2719-1 (9781501727191)
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FudgeErica:
Erica Fudge is Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde and director of the British Animal Studies Network. She is the author of Brutal Reasoning and Perceiving Animals and editor of Renaissance Beasts.
Erica Fudge is Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde and director of the British Animal Studies Network. She is the author of Brutal Reasoning and Perceiving Animals and editor of Renaissance Beasts.
Content
- Brutal Reasoning
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Being Human
- 2. Becoming Human
- 3. Becoming Animal
- 4. Being Animal
- 5. A Reasonable Animal?
- 6. A Reasonable Human?
- Conclusion: Brutal Reasoning
- Primary Materials
- Note on Secondary Sources
- Index
