What it means to be human reflections from 1791 to the present
In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Earnest Englishwoman', published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?' She protested that women were not treated as fully human; their status was worse than that of animals. What does it mean to be 'human' rather than 'anim...
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Virago
2013
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Speaking : primates and language. Red Peter ; Talking animals ; Can an ape say 'hallo!'?
- Feeling : the politics of pain. An earnest Englishwoman ; Sentience and welfare ; Humanitarianism and the limits of sympathy ; Should we "become-animal"?
- Recognizing : the legal construction of humanity. Mr. Heathcliff ; Human rights ; Animal rights and 'speciesism' ; Being human, becoming animal
- Seeing : ethics and the face. Bobby the dog ; Physiognomic arts ; Darwinian revolutions ; Surgical sciences ; Does a dog have a face? Does a human?
- Eating : carnivorous consumption. The black demons of Hayti ; Eating animals ; Eating people ; What does it mean to eat flesh?
- Creating : xenografts and metamorphosis. Stephanie and goobers ; Rejuvenation ; Transplantation and species boundaries ; Have we created a Chimera?
