An Intellectual History of Cannibalism /

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The cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought--perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation-- haunting the Western imagination since before the Age of Discovery, when Europeans first encountered genuine cannibals and related horrible stories of shipwrecke...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Avramescu, Cătălin, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Romanian
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cannibalism.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Cannibalisme > Histoire.
Cannibalisme > Philosophie.
Cannibalism > History.
Cannibalism > Philosophy.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Hobbesian life raft
  • The tortures and fate of the body
  • Creatures of evil
  • The conquest of the savages
  • The predicaments of identity
  • A question of taste
  • The anthropophagus in the city
  • The agent of absolute cruelty.

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