Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Número de páginas: 380 págs. 16.2 x 23.6 cm
Fecha de edición: 31-01-2024
EAN: 9781009411387
ISBN: 978-1-009-41138-7
Precio (sin IVA): 33,43 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 34,77 €
What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our own intrinsic animal nature. Yet the idea that, in one way or another, our humanity is entangled with the non-human has a much longer and more venerable history. In the West, it goes all the way back to classical antiquity. This grippingly written and provocative book boldly reveals how the ancient world mobilised concepts of 'the animal' and 'animality' to conceive of the human in a variety of illuminating ways.