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Author Steintrager, James A., 1965-

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

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.

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Description xviii, 208 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Cruelty -- History -- 18th century.
Enlightenment.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0253343674 (alk. paper)
0253216494 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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