HISTORY 398 - Animals:An Intellectual and Cultural History

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Reed College

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Full course for one semester. This class traces the history of the relation between humans and animals, principally as it has emerged in Western thought and culture. What does it mean to be an animal How have our answers to this question figured in the development of our moral, political, and religious traditions How have we made recourse to the notion of animality to make sense of what it means to be human What could it possibly mean for an animal to be free What is the historical and conceptual relation between animal liberation and human liberation How have these issues played out in practices such as zookeeping, husbandry, slaughter, sex, consumption, companionship, ritual, jurisprudence, or dressing your dog in silly little sweaters These are some of the foremost questions broached by the burgeoning academic field of "animal studies," and we will address them by means of primary source readings (complemented by secondary readings and the occasional film) that span time from the ancients to our day. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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