Article ID: CBB001200981

Animals in Enlightenment Historiography (2012)

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This essay examines the interest in animals expressed by late Enlightenment historians, including particularly the views of Johann Gottfried Herder, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, William Robertson, and Edward Gibbon. These historians, the first to emphasize the way the use of animals contributed to human progress, were influenced by the Comte de Buffon and by Enlightenment conjectural history and stadial theory. Where animals are discussed in their writings, these thinkers made a significant contribution to the transition from early modern perspectives to a more historical view of the role of animals in human culture.

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Authors & Contributors
Wolloch, Nathaniel
Wilson, David Ball
Benedetta Piazzesi
Thomas Almeroth-Williams
Lynn Festa
Johnson, Odai
Concepts
Philosophy
Human-animal relationships
Animals
Animal power
Animal welfare
Reason
Time Periods
18th century
Enlightenment
17th century
Early modern
19th century
16th century
Places
Scotland
England
Great Britain
Sicily
London (England)
Italy
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