Mark of Beast: Animality and Human Oppression by Roberts, Mark S.

Mark of Beast: Animality and Human Oppression (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781557534743)

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Mark of Beast: Animality and Human Oppression by Roberts, Mark S.

Mark of Beast: Animality and Human Oppression

$29.95
Mark of Beast: Animality and Human Oppression by Roberts, Mark S.

Mark of Beast: Animality and Human Oppression

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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The Mark of the Beast historically and critically examines the dire effects of the process of animalization on both humans and animals. Roberts provides a general account of the theoretical division between humans and animals begun largely in the work of Aristotle and continued in that of Descartes and Kant. Following the philosophical provenance of the idea of animality, Roberts explores the practical and "scientific" uses of this idea, focusing largely on what Stephen J. Gould terms the "biodeterministic tradition" by evaluating the primarily ninteenth century theories of atavism, craniology, recapitulation, and so on, while also exploring the use of medical and psychological techniques of animalization.

Author: Mark S. Roberts
ISBN-10: 1557534748
ISBN-13: 9781557534743
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2008
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.08w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 2
By Mark S. Roberts
By Mark S. Roberts
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Mark S. Roberts is a member of the Department of Philosophy at Suffolk County Community College in New York. He has written numerous works in areas of contemporary French thought, psychology, aesthetics, philosophy of medicine, and media studies.

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