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UNINA9910814181203321 |
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Autore |
Benjamin Andrew E. |
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Titolo |
Of Jews and animals / / Andrew Benjamin [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010 |
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0-7486-5373-2 |
1-282-74979-X |
9786612749797 |
0-7486-4231-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human figure in art |
Painting - Philosophy |
Jews in art |
Animals in art |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Living and being : Descartes' "animal spirits" and Heidegger's dog -- The insistent dog : Blanchot and the community without animals -- Indefinite play and "the name of man" : anthropocentrism's deconstruction -- What if the other were an animal : Hegel on Jews, animals and disease -- Agamben on "Jews" and "animals" -- Force, justice and the Jew : Pascal's PenseĢes 102 and 103 -- Facing Jews -- Animals, Jews. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In developing his own conception of the 'figure' Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. |
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