An intellectual history of cannibalism / Caťaľin Avramescu ; translated by Alistair Ian Blyth.

Filozoful crud. English. 2009

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009], ©2009.

viii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-331) and index.

A Hobbesian life raft -- The tortures and fate of the body -- Creatures of evil -- The conquest of the savages -- The predicaments of identity -- A question of taste -- The anthropophagus in the city -- The agent of absolute cruelty.