Dante's persons: an ethics of the transhuman
Dante's Persons is a study of the concept of personhood in Dante's Comedy.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press USA - OSO
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Webb, Heather, 1976-, Dante's persons : an ethics of the transhuman] (2017) (Gruenler, Curtis A., 1964 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dante, Alighieri 1265-1321
/ Person
/ Ethics
B Dante, Alighieri 1265-1321, Divina commedia |
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Self in literature
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Dante's Persons is a study of the concept of personhood in Dante's Comedy. Cover -- Dante's Persons: An Ethics of the Transhuman -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations and Note on Translations -- 1: Introduction -- DEFINING PERSONS IN DANTE -- THE PARTICULARITY OF THE LIVING BODY -- THE TRINITARIAN PERSON -- A NOTION OF PERSONA BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE TRINITY -- TREATING SHADES AS PERSONS -- THE AERIAL BODY AS RELATIONAL BODY -- PERSONA AS AN ACHIEVEMENT WORD -- REGENERATING DEAD PERSONS: THE READER'S RESPONSIBILITY -- THE STRUCTURE OF THIS STUDY -- 2: Gestural Persons -- READING GESTURE -- HOW GESTURES COMMUNICATE -- AERIAL GESTURES -- MANFRED'S SMILE -- BELACQUA SITS -- BUONCONTE'S MARIAN ATTITUDE -- GESTURES OF SUPPLICATION -- 3: Recognizing Suffering Persons -- PRIDE AND THE MISRECOGNITION OF THE NEIGHBOUR -- THE FAILURE OF ACTIVE RECOGNITION -- RECOGNITION AS GRATITUDE -- EMBODIED RECOGNITION -- REINTERPRETING SUFFERING -- FROM RECIPROCITY TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRATUITOUS -- THE HUMAN CONDITION AND THE PARTICULAR PERSON -- 4: Ardent Attention -- ATTENTION AND CHANGE -- ARDOUR AND EROS -- INFERNAL STERILITY: CONTAINING AND CONSUMING THE FUTURE -- THE INFERNAL RACE AGAINST TIME -- ARDENT PURGATORIAL RECEPTIVITIES -- NAMING DANTE -- ARDOUR FOR THE PARADISIACAL RESURRECTED BODY -- ATTENTIVE AFFECTIONS -- 5: Transhuman Faces -- PERSONS, FACES, AND MASKS -- FACING BEATRICE IN PURGATORIO -- TRASUMANAR THROUGH BEATRICE -- 'LA VERONICA NOSTRA' -- FROM FACE TO FACE TO VEDER CONGIUNTO: MODES OF LOOKING IN THE EMPYREAN -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-105321-4 |
