Mensch und Tier in der Antike: Grenzziehung und Grenzuberschreitung (German Edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3895005835 ISBN 13: 9783895005831

Publisher: Reichert Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

The relationship between humans and animals has undergone a paradigm shift, caused by new technologies and discourses. In the general view, the dividing line between the human and animal mind and body has become less rigid. This volume, originating from a 2005 conference that gathered an international group of philosophers and historians of antiquity, studies the ancient views of the boundaries between humans and animals and the overcoming of these boundaries. The main focus is on the literary and illustrative conceptions representing these views. German text.

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About the Author:

Annetta Alexandridis teaches Classical Art and Archaeology in the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University. She studied Classical Archaeology, Ancient History and History of Art in Paris, Perugia and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, where she received her PhD in 1997. From 1998-99 she worked at the Antikensammlung in Berlin. From 1999-2005 she taught in the Department of Classics at Rostock University. Her publications include Die Frauen des romischen Kaiserhauses (Zabern 2004) and Archaologie der Photographie (together with Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer, Zabern 2004). She is currently working on a book on Shifting Species: The Iconography of Metamorphosis and Zoophilia from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period. Markus Wild teaches Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of the Early Modern Period at the Department of Philosophy at Humboldt University, Berlin. He studied Philosophy and German language and literature at Basel University, where he received his PhD in 2004. His publications include Die anthropologische Differenz. Der Geist der Tiere bei Montaigne, Descartes und Hume (de Gruyter 2006) and Tierphilosophie (Junius 2008). Together with Dominik Perler he edited Der Geist der Tiere. Philosophische Texte zu einer aktuellen Diskussion (Suhrkamp 2005). Lorenz Winkler-Horacek is curator of the collection of plaster casts at the Free University of Berlin, where he also teaches Classical Archaeology. He studied Classical Archaeology, Ancient History and Islamic Studies at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Heidelberg, where he received his PhD in 1991. From 1993-2007 he taught in the Department of Classics at Rostock University. His publications include Salus. Vom Staatskult zur politischen Idee (Archaologie und Geschichte 1995) and Monster in der fruhgriechischen Kunst. Die Uberwindung des Unfassbaren (de Gruyter 2008). His research focuses on images as part of cultural encounters, Roman representational art and different forms of visual communication.

Review:

"The 25 chapters are based on papers presented at a conference and investigate how the line between man and beast was drawn and redrawn, investigated, challenged and occasionally crossed in a number of ancient texts and contexts [...] [This volume] illustrates how the question of the animal resonates beyond the confines of the philosophical debate." Julia Kindt, University of SydneyIn: Journal of Hellenic Studies 137 (2017) 213-225

About this edition

• Publisher: Reichert Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3895005835
• ISBN 13: 9783895005831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 588
• Editor: Alexandridis Annetta, Wild Markus, Winkler-Horacek Lorenz