Romantic Biology, 1890-1945

ISBN-13: 9781848934207 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 272 str.

Maurizio Esposito

Opis

In this book, Esposito presents a historiography of organicist and holistic thought through an examination of the work of leading biologists from Britain and America. He shows how this work relates to earlier Romantic tradition and sets it within the wider context of the history and philosophy of the life sciences.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Old and New Organicisms; Chapter 2 Romantic Biology: Establishing Connections in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Chapter 3 The British Version: J. S. Haldane, D'arcy Thompson and the Organism as a Whole; Chapter 4 The New Generation: A Failed Organismal Revolution; Chapter 5 The American Version: Chicago and Beyond; Chapter 6 Romantic Biology from California's Shores: W. E. Ritter, C. M. Child and the Scripps Marine Association; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Whatever Happened to Organismal Biologies?;

O autorze

Maurizio Esposito