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Sven Gins

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Citations -  15

Sven Gins is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anthropocentrism. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 15 citations.

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Everything but the Squeal: The Politics of Porcinity in the Livre des Propriétés des Choses

Sven Gins
- 08 Apr 2021 - 
TL;DR: This paper investigates how several species were implicated in the mediaeval invention of what it meant to be (like) a pig and contends that the Livre des proprietes des choses employs discourses of porcinity to self-define and -stabilise particular notions of human identity by debasing and othering human and nonhuman animals with seemingly porcine traits.