Cruel delight

Steintrager, James A., 1965-

Cruel delight enlightenment culture and the inhuman / [electronic resource] : James A. Steintrager. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004. - xviii, 208 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.

The 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.


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Cruelty--History--18th century.
Enlightenment.


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