The rhetorical invention of man : a history of distinguishing humans from other animals / / Greg Goodale
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| Autore: |
Goodale Greg <1966->
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| Titolo: |
The rhetorical invention of man : a history of distinguishing humans from other animals / / Greg Goodale
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophical anthropology |
| Human beings | |
| Speciesism | |
| Humanism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologos; 1 Man Is an Invention; 2 Translating Man; 3 Before Man; 4 The Distinction of Man; 5 The Certainty of Man; 6 The Arrogance of Man; 7 The Trouble with Man; Epilogos; References; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Rhetorical Invention of Man </span><span>examines how the category "Man" has dominated Western thinking since the sixteenth century. This category, a historical anomaly according to Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, has produced distortions in our ability to understand reality that do great harm to our health, morals, and environment.</span></span> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The rhetorical invention of man |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-0930-4 |
| 1-4985-0931-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817332103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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