Consumable Metaphors - Attitudes Towards Animals and Vegetarianism in Nineteenth-century France (Paperback)

This book studies the various definitions of animal nature proposed by nineteenth-century currents of thought in France. It is based on an examination of a number of key thinkers and writers, some well known (for example, Michelet and Lamartine), others largely forgotten (for example, Gleizes and Reynaud). At the centre of the book lies the idea that knowledge of animals is often knowledge of something else, that the primary referentiality is overlaid with additional levels of meaning. In nineteenth-century France thinking about animals (their future and their past) became a way of thinking about power relations in society, for example about the status of women and the problem of the labouring classes. This book analyses how animals as symbols externalize and mythologize human fears and wishes, but it also demonstrates that animals have an existence in and for themselves and are not simply useful counters functioning within discourse.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	French Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, 17
Release date:	July 2005
Authors:	Ceri Crossley
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-910190-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-910190-0
Barcode:	9783039101900

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