Life

A Modern Invention

by Davide Tarizzo
language: english
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, December of 2017 ‧
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The word "biology" was first used to describe the scientific study of life in 1802, and as Davide Tarizzo demonstrates in his reconstruction of the genealogy of the concept of life, our understanding of what being alive means is an equally recent invention. Focusing on the histories of philosophy, science, and biopolitics, he contends that biologic

Life

A Modern Invention

by Davide Tarizzo

Property Description
ISBN: 9780816691593
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Release Date: December of 2017
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Format: Book
Collection: Posthumanities
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Philosophy
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780816691593

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