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What It Means to be Human - Historical Reflections from the 1800s to the Present (Paperback)
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What It Means to be Human - Historical Reflections from the 1800s to the Present (Paperback)
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Avoiding the impenetrable prose often found in academic books, this
deeply scholarly work is lively and challenging in equal measure,
and rewarding throughout. --Boston Globe In this fascinating
account, Joanna Bourke addresses the profound question of what it
means to be human rather than animal. How are people excluded from
political personhood? How does one become entitled to rights? The
distinction between the two concepts is a blurred line, permanently
under construction. If the Earnest Englishwoman had been capable of
looking 100 years into the future, she might have wondered about
the human status of chimeras, or the ethics of stem cell research.
Political disclosures and scientific advances have been relocating
the human-animal border at an alarming speed. In this meticulously
researched, illuminating book, Bourke explores the legacy of more
than two centuries, and looks forward into what the future might
hold for humans, women, and animals.
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