Darwin''s Love of Life - A Singular Case of Biophilia

In this unconventional book, Kay Harel uses biophilia as a lens to explore Charles Darwin's life and thought in deeply original ways. In a set of interrelated essays, she considers how the love of life enabled him to see otherwise unseen evolutionary truths.

List of contents

Preface
1. A Study in Biophilia
2. It’s Dogged as Does It
3. The Glories and Limits of Facts
4. The Dance of Plants, the Roots of Mind
5. The Varieties of Passionate Experience
6. Beauty Is Life, Life Beauty
7. The One Great Love of Two True Minds
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Kay Harel is a writer who holds MAs in science journalism from New York University and in English from the CUNY Graduate Center. She has published essays on Darwin as well as on figures such as William James, Edward Lear, and Wallace Stevens in Southwest Review, The Wallace Stevens Journal, and Sexuality and Culture.

Summary

In this unconventional book, Kay Harel uses biophilia as a lens to explore Charles Darwin’s life and thought in deeply original ways. In a set of interrelated essays, she considers how the love of life enabled him to see otherwise unseen evolutionary truths.

Product details

• Authors: Karen L. Harel
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780231208086
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20808-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, Biology, life sciences, Nature; evolution; natural history