The Origins of Sociable Life: Evolution After Science Studies
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The Origins of Sociable Life: Evolution After Science Studies

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The Origins of Sociable Life: Evolution After Science Studies

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This ambitious book considers social scientific topics such as identity, community, sexual difference, self, and ecology from a microbial perspective. Harnessing research and evidence from earth systems science and microbiology, and particularly focusing on symbiosis and symbiogenesis, the book argues for the development of a microontology of life.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
9780230242210
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Theory
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures and Tables
  8. Preface and Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1 After War
  10. Chapter 2 Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Thinking Bacteria
  11. Chapter 3 Evolutionary Theory and Its Discontents
  12. Chapter 4 Microontologies of Self
  13. Chapter 5 Microontologies of Sex
  14. Chapter 6 Microontologies of Environment
  15. Chapter 7 Eating Well, Surviving Humanism
  16. Notes
  17. Index