The rhetorical invention of man : a history of distinguishing humans from other animals / Greg Goodale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodale, Greg, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Human beings.

Speciesism.

Humanism.

Physical Description:

viii, 183 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

The Rhetorical Invention of Man: A History of Distinguishing Humans from Other Animals draws attention to the logical contradictions, unstable premises, and unquestioned assumptions that underlie arguments about Man's distinction, while also demonstrating that the way we think about nonhuman animals is only one possibility among many. Vestiges of older ways of thinking continue to inform our understanding of the human-nonhuman animal relationship, disturbing the simple narrative that Man has mastered nature. Greg Goodale examines a history that illuminates popular attitudes toward nature as well as intellectual traditions about the relationship between Man and other animals. As a result, each chapter is an overview of how the past continues to inform the present. Goodale moves back and forth between ancient ideas like the myths of Prometheus and Orpheus, Age of Reason philosophers like Francis Bacon and Immanuel Kant, and modern practices like petkeeping and vivisection. The Rhetorical Invention of Man will appeal to scholars of communication, rhetoric, and philosophy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Man Is an Invention 15

2 Translating Man 35

3 Before Man 55

4 The Distinction of Man 73

5 The Certainty of Man 91

6 The Arrogance of Man 111

7 The Trouble with Man 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498509305

1498509304

OCLC:

903675211