{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-animals-matthew-senior-9781847888204","title":"A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment","description":"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe period of the Enlightenment saw great changes in the way animals were seen. The codifying and categorizing 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Senior\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847888208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847888204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.70w x 0.50d","brand":"Matthew Senior","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125474914559,"sku":"9781847888204","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa541529-8aa5-4813-8513-51f1ed6747fe.jpg?v=1687442840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-animals-matthew-senior-9781847888204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}