Human / Amanda Rees and Charlotte Sleigh.

  • Rees, Amanda, 1972-
Date:
2020
  • Books

About this work

Description

"What does it mean to be human? And what, if anything, does it have to do with being a member of the animal species Homo sapiens? This dazzling book gets to the very heart of our (rather unscientific) motivations and prejudices about humanity, showing how, by understanding them, we can go some way to resolving the world's biggest problems. From beasts to aliens, widespread but often problematic links with six other beings are explored. Deep philosophical questions are tackled, including humanity's common purpose, life's meaning and what it means to be accepted as part of a community. Global in its outlook and illustrated by stunning pictures, Human is a powerful, funny and iconoclastic antidote to post-humanism."-- Publisher description.

Publication/Creation

London : Reaktion Books, 2020.

Physical description

216 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Beast -- Hominin -- Machine -- She -- God -- Alien.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZEQ /REE
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781789142143