Antebellum posthuman : race and materiality in the mid-nineteenth century /

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"Antebellum Posthuman exposes the volatility of "the human"--torn between liberalism and empiricism--in the 1850s and traces the emergence of an antislavery materialism in antebellum literature. Placing race at the root of posthumanism's intellectual history, this study also exam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, Cristin, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, [2018]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
1800-1899
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
Humanism > United States > History > 19th century.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Humanisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Racism
Race relations
Social justice
Humanism
Antislavery movements
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Antebellum Posthuman exposes the volatility of "the human"--torn between liberalism and empiricism--in the 1850s and traces the emergence of an antislavery materialism in antebellum literature. Placing race at the root of posthumanism's intellectual history, this study also examines the conflict between liberalism and materialism in critical theory today"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-222) and index.
ISBN:9780823278466
0823278468
9780823278442
0823278441

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