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

  • Avramescu, Cătălin, 1967-
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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About this work

Also known as

Filozoful crud. English. 2009

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

viii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents

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.

Bibliographic information

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

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    History of Medicine
    BVBA
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ISBN

  • 9780691133270
  • 0691133271