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Beschreibung
After the scientific age in the 17th Century led to a break with the history of the representation of animals, which lasted approximately 30,000 years, the image of the animal currently shows a radical change. On the one hand, astonishing abilities have been discovered: thinking ravens and playful octopi. Here, agency is a central term: Can animals be subjects who actively intervene in human society? This new image has also increased the human need for emotional closeness. On the other hand, the human claim for absolute power over the life of animals is continued: Animals are being cloned, and synthetic biology is working on animals grown in the lab. Researching this schism between the interference with the evolution and an attitude towards animals that postulates subjectivity and demands animal rights, Bernd Hüppauf illuminates the heterogeneous animal images from the early modern period to the contemporary ecological crisis.
After the scientific age in the 17th Century led to a break with the history of the representation of animals, which lasted approximately 30,000 years, the image of the animal currently shows a radical change. On the one hand, astonishing abilities have been discovered: thinking ravens and playful octopi. Here, agency is a central term: Can animals be subjects who actively intervene in human society? This new image has also increased the human need for emotional closeness. On the other hand, the human claim for absolute power over the life of animals is continued: Animals are being cloned, and synthetic biology is working on animals grown in the lab. Researching this schism between the interference with the evolution and an attitude towards animals that postulates subjectivity and demands animal rights, Bernd Hüppauf illuminates the heterogeneous animal images from the early modern period to the contemporary ecological crisis.
Über den Autor
Bernd Hüppauf (Prof. Dr.) ist Emeritus für Deutsche Literatur und Literaturtheorie der New York University. Er hat an Universitäten in Deutschland, Australien und den USA gelehrt. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die Mentalitäts- und Kulturgeschichte der Moderne. Er lebt seit seiner Emeritierung in Berlin.
Zusammenfassung
Ursprungsland: DE
Zolltarifnummer: 49019900
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Human-Animal Studies
Inhalt: 352 S.
22 s/w Illustr.
22 Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9783837642759
ISBN-10: 3837642755
Sprache: Deutsch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hüppauf, Bernd
Hersteller: Transcript Verlag
Gost, Roswitha, u. Karin Werner
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: transcript Verlag, Gero Wierichs, Hermannstr. 26, D-33602 Bielefeld, live@transcript-verlag.de
Maße: 224 x 146 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Bernd Hüppauf
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.02.2026
Gewicht: 0,544 kg
Artikel-ID: 111027287

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