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'Intellectually energetic and important' Paul Binding, Independent

In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Ernest Englishwoman' published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?', in which she protested the fact that the status of women was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. The Ernest Englishwoman's critique could equally have applied to slaves, and if she had been able to look into the future, she might have wondered about chimeras or the ethics of stem cell research.

Meticulously researched, wide-ranging and illuminating, What It Means to be Human explores the legacy of two centuries and asks what the future holds for humans and animals.

'Provocative [and] exhilarating . . . Bourke's intelligence is sharp, her language lively, and the cultural images striking' Iain Finlayson, The Times

'A dauntless exploration . . . With mesmerising dexterity she deconstructs binaries of "human" and "animal" . . . A multitude of fresh ideas and an eye-opening and, at times, shocking intellectual adventure' Joanne Hayden, Sunday Business Post

'It is a delight to read such an ambitious book. Bourke deserves congratulations for bravely going where many historians would fear to tread' Sheila Rowbotham, Times Higher Education

'Intellectually energetic and important' Paul Binding, Independent

In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Ernest Englishwoman' published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?', in which she protested the fact that the status of women was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. The Ernest Englishwoman's critique could equally have applied to slaves, and if she had been able to look into the future, she might have wondered about chimeras or the ethics of stem cell research.

Meticulously researched, wide-ranging and illuminating, What It Means to be Human explores the legacy of two centuries and asks what the future holds for humans and animals.

'Provocative [and] exhilarating . . . Bourke's intelligence is sharp, her language lively, and the cultural images striking' Iain Finlayson, The Times

'A dauntless exploration . . . With mesmerising dexterity she deconstructs binaries of "human" and "animal" . . . A multitude of fresh ideas and an eye-opening and, at times, shocking intellectual adventure' Joanne Hayden, Sunday Business Post

'It is a delight to read such an ambitious book. Bourke deserves congratulations for bravely going where many historians would fear to tread' Sheila Rowbotham, Times Higher Education

Über den Autor
Joanna Bourke
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781844086450
ISBN-10: 1844086453
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bourke, Joanna
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 126 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Joanna Bourke
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2013
Gewicht: 0,378 kg
Artikel-ID: 122982559

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