A Picture Book of Invisible Worlds: Semblances of insects and humans in Jakob von Uexküll’s laboratory

TY - CHAP

T1 - A Picture Book of Invisible Worlds

T2 - Semblances of insects and humans in Jakob von Uexküll’s laboratory

AU - Loo, Stephen

AU - Sellbach, Undine

N1 - This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.

PY - 2015/3/23

Y1 - 2015/3/23

N2 - In the opening chapter of his book The Open, Giorgio Agamben describes a thirteenth century miniature depicting the messianic banquet where the members of humanity who remain are illustrated with animal heads. Agamben reads the image to suggest that on the last days of the world, human and animal natures will be transformed, in the sense that humans will become (like) animals, reconciled with their animal natures so to speak.

AB - In the opening chapter of his book The Open, Giorgio Agamben describes a thirteenth century miniature depicting the messianic banquet where the members of humanity who remain are illustrated with animal heads. Agamben reads the image to suggest that on the last days of the world, human and animal natures will be transformed, in the sense that humans will become (like) animals, reconciled with their animal natures so to speak.

M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)

SN - 9781138807860

SP - 42

EP - 61

BT - Being Human

A2 - Broglio, Ron

A2 - Young, Frederick

PB - Taylor & Francis

CY - London

ER -