The Mark of Beast
Subtitle: Animality and Human Oppression
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: February 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781557534743
Subjects: Social Science; Philosophy; Sociology; General; Movements - Humanism; Religion & Spirituality / General; Social Science / General; Animals (Philosophy); Crimes against humanity
Description: "The Mark of the Beast historically and critically examines the dire affects of the process of animalization on both humans and animals. Roberts provides a general account of the theoretical division between humans and animals begun largely in the work of Aristotle and continued in that of Descartes and Kant. Following the philosophical provenance of the idea of animality, Roberts explores the practical and "scientific" uses of this idea, focusing largely on what Stephen J. Gould terms the "biodeterministic tradition" by evaluating the primarily nineteenth century theories of atavism, craniology, recapitulation, and so on, while also exploring the use of medical and psychological techniques of animalization." -- Publisher's website