A foray into the worlds of animals and humans : with A theory of meaning /
Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject? With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within specie...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2010
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| Edition: | 1st University of Minnesota Press ed. |
| Series: | Posthumanities ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject? With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit. This concept of the umwelt has become enormously important within posthumanist philosophy, influencing such figures as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and, most recently, Giorgio Agamben, who has called Uexküll "a high point of modern antihumanism." A. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 pages, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816675388 0816675384 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
