The Mark of the Beast: Animality and Human Oppression

The Mark of the Beast: Animality and Human Oppression
ISBN-10
1557534748
ISBN-13
9781557534743
Series
The Mark of the Beast
Category
Animals (Philosophy)
Pages
236
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Author
Mark S. Roberts

Description

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.

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