ENLIGHTENMENT'S ANIMALS [electronic resource] : changing conceptions of animals in the long eighteenth century.

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9781040773222 (electronic bk.)
1040773222 (electronic bk.)
9781040781937 ePub ebook
1040781934
9781003706014 (electronic bk.)
1003706010 (electronic bk.)
1041187777
9781041187776
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İngilizce
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Wolloch, Nathaniel. Link
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In The Enlightenment's Animals Nathaniel Wolloch takes a broad view of changing conceptions of animals in European culture during the long eighteenth century. Combining discussions of intellectual history, the history of science, the history of historiography, the history of economic thought, and, not least, art history, this book describes how animals were discussed and conceived in different intellectual and artistic contexts underwent a dramatic shift during this period. While in the seventeenth century and the first half of the eighteenth century the main focus was on the sensory and cognitive characteristics of animals, during the late Enlightenment a new outlook emerged, emphasizing their conception as economic resources. Focusing particularly on seventeenth-century Dutch culture, and on the Scottish Enlightenment, Wolloch discusses developments in other countries as well, presenting a new look at a topic of increasing importance in modern scholarship.
Konu
Animals and civilization __ History __ 18th century.
Domestication __ History.
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Taylor & Francis
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