Biocultural Creatures - Toward a New Theory of the Human

Informationen zum Autor Samantha Frost Klappentext In Biocultural Creatures Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with findings in the life sciences to create a new theory of the human that explains the mutual constitution of the body, environment, biology, and habitat, while offering new resources for responding to political and environmental crises. Zusammenfassung In Biocultural Creatures Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with findings in the life sciences to create a new theory of the human that explains the mutual constitution of the body! environment! biology! and habitat! while offering new resources for responding to political and environmental crises. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments  ix Introduction  1 1. Carbon  31 2. Membranes  53 3. Proteins  77 4. Oxygen  101 5. Time  119 Conclusion  147 Notes  161 References  167 Index  183

Product details

• Authors: Samantha Frost
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780822361282
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-6128-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories