Monstrosity and Philosophy Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture
- Submitting institution
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Brunel University London
- Unit of assessment
- 19 - Politics and International Studies
- Output identifier
- 064-208789-15124
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISBN
- 9781474456203
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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1 - Comparative Politics, Public Policy & Political Thought
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph is a major study of the history of philosophy through the lens of monstrosity. Del Lucchese works across seven ancient and modern languages, using primary sources from a period spanning 900 years. In reconstructing the concept of monstrosity, he presents significant critical insight, which was dependent upon the completion of a lengthy period of investigation. Del Luchese analyses a large body of ancient thought on monstrosity in considerable depth, connecting debates about ontology to questions of political order. He demonstrates how a seemingly peripheral concept is in fact central to understanding how different strands of philosophy explain nature.
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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