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Zusatztext High quality editing! clear writing! and abundant visual illustrations ... These volumes will be basic to future scholarship dealing with animals and society. Essential. Informationen zum Autor Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of Looking at Animals in Human History and editor of The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings. Zusammenfassung Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008Animals had a ubiquitous and central presence in the ancient world. A Cultural History of Animals In Antiquity presents an extraordinarily broad assessment of animal cultures from 2500 BC to 1000 AD, describing how animals were an intrinsic part of the spiritual life of ancient society, how they were hunted, domesticated and used for entertainment, and the roles animals played in ancient science and philosophy. Since much of what we know about animals in antiquity is gleaned from the images left by our ancestors, the book presents a wealth of illustrations. Seminal ancient narratives about animals - including works from Aristotle, Plutarch, Ovid and Pliny the Elder - are also drawn upon to illustrate contemporary ideas about and attitudes towards animals. A Cultural History of Animals in Antiquity presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Ancient AnimalsLinda Kalof, Michigan State University1. Animals: From Souls and the Sacred in Prehistoric Times to Symbols and Slaves in AntiquityJim Mason, Independent Scholar, USA2. Hunting in the Ancient Mediterranean WorldJ. Donald Hughes, University of Denver3. How Domestic Animals Have Shaped the Development of Human SocietiesJuliet Clutton-Brock, Independent Scholar, UK4. Beastly Spectacles in the Ancient Mediterranean WorldJo-Ann Shelton, University of California at Santa Barbara5. The Observation and Use of Animals in the Development of Scientific Thought in the Ancient WorldAndrew Gordon, Independent Scholar, USA6. Animals in Ancient Philosophy: Conceptions and MisconceptionsStephen T. Newmyer, Duquesne University7. Animals into Art in the Ancient WorldChristine Morris, Trinity College, DublinNotesBibliography Index...
