Cruel delight [electronic resource] : enlightenment culture and the inhuman / James A. Steintrager.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.Description: xviii, 208 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 179/.09/034 21
LOC classification:
  • BJ1535.C7 S74 2004eb
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Contents:
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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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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