Of Maps and Monsters: A Discussion of Being (Non)Human, or on the Topography of “Monsters” Medieval and Modern by Liliana Sikorska
The concept of humanity has taken on new meanings in the era of posthumanist debate. Engaging both prehumanist and posthumanist perspectives, Liliana Sikorska strips away layers of cognitive mappings performed over hundreds of years in Western culture to expose in her recent essay the mechanisms tha...
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| description | The concept of humanity has taken on new meanings in the era of posthumanist debate. Engaging both prehumanist and posthumanist perspectives, Liliana Sikorska strips away layers of cognitive mappings performed over hundreds of years in Western culture to expose in her recent essay the mechanisms that have exacerbated the East–West divide. While the majority of discussed texts come from medieval and Victorian literature and culture, it becomes obvious to the reader of her book that the issues she explores are still haunting the lives of people and nations worldwide today. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78c2ef7b657945e69b3e4d5102bb3c0b2023-11-02T03:51:03ZengMaria Curie-Sklodowska UniversityAvant2082-67102017-10-018221521910.26913/80202017.0112.0017Of Maps and Monsters: A Discussion of Being (Non)Human, or on the Topography of “Monsters” Medieval and Modern by Liliana SikorskaMirosława BuchholtzThe concept of humanity has taken on new meanings in the era of posthumanist debate. Engaging both prehumanist and posthumanist perspectives, Liliana Sikorska strips away layers of cognitive mappings performed over hundreds of years in Western culture to expose in her recent essay the mechanisms that have exacerbated the East–West divide. While the majority of discussed texts come from medieval and Victorian literature and culture, it becomes obvious to the reader of her book that the issues she explores are still haunting the lives of people and nations worldwide today.http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/Buchholtz-Of-Maps-and-Monsters.pdfthe East–West dividehuman vs. nonhumanOrientalismtravel writingmapsthe Middle Agesthe Victorian Era |
| spellingShingle | Mirosława Buchholtz Of Maps and Monsters: A Discussion of Being (Non)Human, or on the Topography of “Monsters” Medieval and Modern by Liliana Sikorska Avant the East–West divide human vs. nonhuman Orientalism travel writing maps the Middle Ages the Victorian Era |
| title | Of Maps and Monsters: A Discussion of Being (Non)Human, or on the Topography of “Monsters” Medieval and Modern by Liliana Sikorska |
| title_full | Of Maps and Monsters: A Discussion of Being (Non)Human, or on the Topography of “Monsters” Medieval and Modern by Liliana Sikorska |
| title_fullStr | Of Maps and Monsters: A Discussion of Being (Non)Human, or on the Topography of “Monsters” Medieval and Modern by Liliana Sikorska |
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| title_short | Of Maps and Monsters: A Discussion of Being (Non)Human, or on the Topography of “Monsters” Medieval and Modern by Liliana Sikorska |
| title_sort | of maps and monsters a discussion of being non human or on the topography of monsters medieval and modern by liliana sikorska |
| topic | the East–West divide human vs. nonhuman Orientalism travel writing maps the Middle Ages the Victorian Era |
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