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The edge of evolution : animality, inhumanity, and the island of doctor Moreau /
"In this interdisciplinary work, author Ron Edwards offers an innovative rereading of H. G. Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau." Edwards utilizes his twenty-five years in biology and the ethics of animal research to examine the bioethical implications of Wells' work and its re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note:
- PART ONE: NOT MEANT TO KNOW
- Chapter 1: The Paw
- Taking exception / Science and fiction / Science fiction
- Chapter 2: The Ism that Wasn't
- It does not please you / Darwin in the middle / Two windows
- Chapter 3: Don't Meddle
- Movies and Moreau / Sorcery / Life science
- PART TWO: THE THING IS AN ABOMINATION
- Chapter 4: The House of Pain
- No pain, no gain / Moreau 1, Prendick 0 / Pain is real
- Chapter 5: Into the Lab and Onto the Slab
- In the book / How / But why
- PART THREE: POOR BEASTS
- Chapter 6: All the Difference
- Moreau's Man / Prendick's gaze / "No!" / The virago
- Chapter 7: To the Beasts You May Go
- No threshold / Selection and its discontents / The Valley
- PART FOUR: NO ESCAPE
- Chapter 8: That is the Law
- Whose Law? / Hell is real / The Jesus moment / The rebel
- Chapter 9: Beast Monsters
- The taste of blood / The stubborn beast flesh / The horror
- Chapter 10: Big Thinks
- Suffering and philosophy / Science and humanity.