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Of Jews and animals / Andrew Benjamin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benjamin, Andrew E., author.
- Series:
- Frontiers of theory.
- The frontiers of theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human figure in art.
- Painting--Philosophy.
- Painting.
- Jews in art.
- Animals in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Of Jews & Animals
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 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.
- Contents:
- Living and being : Descartes' "animal spirits" and Heidegger's dog
- The insistent dog : Blanchot and the community without animals
- Indefinite play and "the name of man" : anthropocentrism's deconstruction
- What if the other were an animal : Hegel on Jews, animals and disease
- Agamben on "Jews" and "animals"
- Force, justice and the Jew : Pascal's Pensées 102 and 103
- Facing Jews
- Animals, Jews.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5373-2
- 1-282-74979-X
- 9786612749797
- 0-7486-4231-5
- OCLC:
- 664682115
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