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

Avramescu, Cătălin, 1967-

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009

Online Ressource (viii, 350 p.) : ill.

Englisch (Sprache des Originals: Rumänisch)

A Hobbesian life raftThe 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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-331) and index. - Description based on print version record

Print version: Intellectual history of cannibalism

978-1-4008-3320-7 ( : electronic bk.); 1-4008-3320-5 (electronic bk.)

0-691-13327-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-691-15219-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-691-13327-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-691-15219-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 758500421     

OCoLC: 758500421 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

GN409

394.909 ; 394/.9/09     Ähnliche Literatur

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LOC-SH: Cannibalism -- Philosophy ; Cannibalism -- History ; Cannibalism -- History ; Cannibalism -- Philosophy ; Cannibalism -- History ; Cannibalism -- Philosophy ; Electronic books

Electronic books ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; PHILOSOPHY ; General ; Cannibalism ; History

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