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A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment
Contributor(s): Senior, Matthew (Editor)
ISBN: 1847888208     ISBN-13: 9781847888204
Publisher: Berg Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $40.54  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - 18th Century
- Nature | Animals - General
- History | Social History
Dewey: 590
Series: Cultural Histories
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (1.05 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
 
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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.