EAN: 9781009411387

THE TROJAN HORSE AND OTHER STORIES - JULIA KIND...

What makes us human? What  if anything  sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution  the answer to these questions has pointed to our own
intrinsic animal nature. Yet the idea that  in one way or another  our humanity is entangled
with the non-human has a much longer and more venerable history. In the West  it goes all the
way back to classical antiquity. This grippingly written and provocative book boldly reveals
how the ancient world mobilised concepts of 'the animal' and 'animality' to conceive of the
human in a variety of illuminating ways. Through ten stories about marvelous mythical beings -
from the Trojan Horse to the Cyclops  and from Androcles' lion to the Minotaur - Julia Kindt
unlocks fresh ways of thinking about humanity that extend from antiquity to the present and
that ultimately challenge our understanding of who we really are.

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