Dante's persons: an ethics of the transhuman

This book explores the concept of personhood as it appears in Dante's Commedia and seeks out the constituent ethical modes that the poem presents as necessary for attaining a fullness of persona. The study suggests that Dante presents a vision of 'transhuman' potentiality in which the...

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Main Author: Webb, Heather 1976- (Author)
Contributors: Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:[Rezension von: Webb, Heather, 1976-, Dante's persons : an ethics of the transhuman] (2017) (Gruenler, Curtis A., 1964 -)
Edition:First edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Dante, Alighieri 1265-1321 / Person / Ethics
B Dante, Alighieri 1265-1321, Divina commedia
Further subjects:B Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Divina commedia
B Self in literature
B Persona (Literature)
B Future life in literature
B Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 / Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) Self in literature Future life in literature Persona (Literature) Future life in literature Persona (Literature) Self in literature
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