An Intellectual History of Cannabilism
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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 shipwrecked travelers eating each other. An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the first book to systematically examine the role of the cannibal in the arguments of philosophers, from the classical period to modern disputes about such wide-ranging issues as vegetarianism and the right to private property. Catalin Avramescu shows how the cannibal is, before anything else, a theoretical creature, one whose fate sheds light on the decline of theories of natural law, the emergence of modernity, and contemporary notions about good and evil.
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List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter One: A Hobbesian Life Raft 4 Chapter Two: The Tortures and Fate of the Body 41 Chapter Three: Creatures of Evil 70 Chapter Four: The Conquest of the Savages 105 Chapter Five: The Predicaments of Identity 125 Chapter Six: A Question of Taste 162 Chapter Seven: The Anthropophagus in the City 183 Chapter Eight: The Agent of Absolute Cruelty 233 Notes 263 Selected Bibliography 317 Index 333
Autoren-Porträt von Catalin Avramescu
C?t?lin Avramescu is reader in political science at the University of Bucharest and a docent in philosophy at the University of Helsinki.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Catalin Avramescu
- 362 Seiten, 8 Abbildungen, Maße: 15,6 x 23,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Alistair Ian Blyth
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691152195
- ISBN-13: 9780691152196
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.08.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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"This book is a true banquet, a lavish succession of courses making up a real blowout of facts and references, some spicy, some less so, all served up with delicious side dishes and copious drafts of heady intellectual wine. A few readers may find the whole meal a little more filling than they might have wished, but it is certainly a major scholarly feast."--Simon Blackburn, Times Higher Education "[T]his is a remarkable work and there really is no other book like it."--Noel Malcolm, Standpoint "Avramescu's study of the intellectual history of ideas about cannibalism is an absorbing analysis and a compelling critique of the history of political thought, which every student of human history and intraspecies violence will want to include in her personal library. The translation offers a flowing and elegant read, accessible to any educated audience, and would serve well as a textbook in higher education classes on political thought and violence. I recommend the book most highly."--Wendy C. Hamblet, Metapsychology Online "We have here a fresh look at texts much interpreted, especially from the Enlightenment, but viewed from relatively unexplored angles."--Choice "Avramescu wants to know why the history of thinking-with-cannibals is coextensive, more or less, with early modern history, the period from the age of discovery to the age of enlightenment. Even if Avramescu's affectionate revival of the figure of the cannibal is not a project of its time, his work reminds us nonetheless of the treasures to be found along the via negativa through the history of political philosophy."--Justin E. H. Smith, n+1 "The book's outstanding feature is the author's encyclopedic knowledge and erudite treatment of relevant historical and philosophical works, travel literature, and geographic literature... [T]here is no denying the extremely original, valuable and challenging nature of this work."--Tim Murphy, European Legacy "This study is essential reading for those interested in the
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intellectual history of Europe and for ethnographers concerned with cannibal discourses and fantasies."--Gananath Obeyesekere, Historian "Romanian philosopher Catalin Avramescu's learned and brilliantly told intellectual history of anthropophagy recovers the cannibal's once central place in formal thought about what it means to be human."--Steven Shapin, Los Angeles Review of Books "This provocative and often brilliant book is not so much a contribution to 'cannibal' studies as a critical evaluation of the Enlightenment's (and, by extension, our own) moral perspective... Avramescu's research ranges widely, and his readings of familiar texts are always sharp and original... [H]e brilliantly articulates the critical challenges raised by eighteenth-century human science."--David W. Bates, ISIS
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