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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Avramescu, Cătălin, 1967- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Romanian
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Sujets:
Cannibalism > Philosophy.
Cannibalism > History.
Cannibalisme > Philosophie.
Cannibalisme > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Cannibalism
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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