Pieter Bruegel and the Idea of Human Nature

Cover 1 Title Page 4 Imprint Page 5 Contents 6 1: Humanity and Self-knowledge 8 2: Mankind in the Cosmos 37 3: Ambition and Authority 72 4: Triumph of War: Humanity in a World of Chaos 109 5: Inside and Out: Natural Languages of Human Nature 138 6: Laughing Man 173 Conclusion: Speaking Truth 210 Chronology 222 References 226 Bibliography 247 Acknowledgements 261 Photo Acknowledgements 263 Index 264