LEADER 02626nam 22006134a 450 001 9910807874103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612071362 010 $a1-282-07136-X 010 $a0-253-11069-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030369 035 $a(EBL)238832 035 $a(OCoLC)475949500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000133070 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954005 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133070 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10039824 035 $a(PQKB)11356381 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC238832 035 $a(OCoLC)61519714 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16897 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL238832 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10088457 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207136 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030369 100 $a20030501d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCruel delight $eenlightenment culture and the inhuman /$fJames A. Steintrager 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-21649-4 311 $a0-253-34367-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index. 327 $aThe inhuman -- The model of moral monstrosity -- The paradox of inhumanity -- Curiosity killed the cat -- Animals and the mark of the human -- The monstrous face of curiosity -- The bedside manner of the Marquis de Sade -- Science and insensibility -- The ethics and aesthetics of human vivisection. 330 $a""An important contribution to studies of eighteenth-century culture and to literary history and theory and for those with an interest in horror, sentimentality, the invention of the modern individual, and ethics of 'the human.'"" -Daniel Cottom, David A. Burr Chair of Letters, University of Oklahoma Cruel Delight: Enlightenment Culture and the Inhuman investigates the fascination with joyful malice in eighteenth-century Europe and how this obsession helped inform the very meaning of humani 606 $aCruelty$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aEnlightenment 615 0$aCruelty$xHistory 615 0$aEnlightenment. 676 $a179/.09/034 700 $aSteintrager$b James A.$f1965-$01663303 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807874103321 996 $aCruel delight$94060224 997 $aUNINA