Cultural history of animals in the Age of Enlightenment / Matthew Senior (ed).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Senior, Matthew, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals and civilization.

Human-animal relationships--History.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 236 pages)

Edition:

English ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Berg, 2007.

Summary:

"The period of the Enlightenment saw great changes in the way animals were seen. The codifying and categorising impulse of the age of reason saw sharp lines drawn between different animal species and between animals and humans. In 1600, "beasts" were still seen as the foils and adversaries of human reason, By 1800, animals had become exemplars of sentiment and compassion, the new standards of truth and morals. A new age had dawned, a time when humans admired animals and sought to recover their own animality. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Animals, this volume presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary Symbolism, Hunting, Domestication, Sports and Entertainment, Science, Philosophy, and Art."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

ISBN:

9781350049536 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.