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By developing his own conception of the 'figure' Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. As Benjamin makes clear the 'Other' is never a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Benjamin, Andrew E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Series:Frontiers of theory.
Subjects:
Human figure in art.
Painting > Philosophy.
Jews in art.
Animals in art.
Other (Philosophy)
Human beings in art.
Corps humain dans l'art.
Juifs dans l'art.
Altérité.
Corps humain dans l'art > Technique.
Peinture > Philosophie.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Portraits.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Human Figure.
ART / Criticism & Theory
Animals in art
Human figure in art
Jews in art
Painting > Philosophy
Tiere > Motiv
Juden > Motiv
Kunst
Ästhetik
Kontinentalphilosophie
Anthropozentrismus
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Series Editors Preface
  • Opening
  • Chapter 1 Of Jews and Animals
  • Part I
  • Chapter 2 Living and Being: Descartes 8216;Animal Spirits and Heideggers Dog
  • Chapter 3 The Insistent Dog: Blanchot and the Community without Animals
  • Chapter 4 Indefinite Play and 8216;The Name of Man: Anthropocentrisms Deconstruction
  • Part II
  • Chapter 5 What If the Other Were an Animal? Hegel on Jews, Animals and Disease
  • Chapter 6 Agamben on 8216;Jews and 8216;Animals
  • Chapter 7 Force, Justice and the Jew: Pascals Pens233;es 102 and 103
  • Chapter 8 Facing Jews
  • Another opening
  • Chapter 9 Animals, Jews
  • Index.

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