An Intellectual History of Cannibalism / / Cătălin Avramescu.
The cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought--perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation-- haunting the Western imagination since before the Age of Discovery, when Europeans first encountered genuine cannibals and related horrible stories of shipwrecke...
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. A Hobbesian Life Raft
- Chapter Two. The Tortures and Fate of the Body
- Chapter Three. Creatures of Evil
- Chapter Four. The Conquest of the Savages
- Chapter Five. The Predicaments of Identity
- Chapter Six. A Question of Taste
- Chapter Seven. The Anthropophagus in the City
- Chapter Eight. The Agent of Absolute Cruelty
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index