Book Description
The 48 essays and photographic dossiers in these three volumes examine the history of the human body as a field where life and thought intersect.
Author : Michel Feher
Publisher : Zone Books
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Medical
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The 48 essays and photographic dossiers in these three volumes examine the history of the human body as a field where life and thought intersect.
Author : Michel Feher
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Body, Human, Religious aspects
ISBN : 9780942299267
Author : Myra Seaman
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Page : 281 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814213049
Fragments for a History of a Vanishing Humanism brings together scholars working in prehistoric, classical, medieval, and early modern studies who are developing, from longer and slower historical perspectives, critical post/humanisms that explore: 1) the significance (historical, sociocultural, psychic, etc.) of human expression and affectivity; 2) the impact of technology and new sciences on what it means to be a human self; 3) the importance of art and literature in defining and enacting human selves; 4) the importance of history in defining the human; 5) the artistic plasticity of the human; 6) the question of a human collectivity--what is the value, and peril, of "being human" or "being post/human" together?; and finally, 7) the constructive, and destructive, relations (aesthetic, historical, and philosophical) of the human to the nonhuman. This volume, edited by Myra Seaman and Eileen A. Joy, insists on the always provisional and contingent formations of the human, and of various humanisms, over time, while also aiming to demonstrate the different ways these formations emerge (and also disappear) in different times and places, from the most ancient past to the most contemporary present. The essays are offered as "fragments" because the authors do not believe there can ever be a "total history" of either the human or the post/human as they play themselves out in differing historical contexts. At the same time, the volume as a whole argues that defining what "the human" (or "post/human") is has always been an ongoing, never finished cultural project.
Author : Michel Feher
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Body, Human, Religious aspects
ISBN : 9780942299243
Author : Bret Stetka
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,28 MB
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 1604699884
“A History of the Human Brain is a unique, enlightening, and provocative account of the most significant question we can ask about ourselves.” —Richard Wrangham, author of The Goodness Paradox Just 125,000 years ago, humanity was on a path to extinction, until a dramatic shift occurred. We used our mental abilities to navigate new terrain and changing climates. We hunted, foraged, tracked tides, shucked oysters—anything we could do to survive. Before long, our species had pulled itself back from the brink and was on more stable ground. What saved us? The human brain—and its evolutionary journey is unlike any other. In A History of the Human Brain, Bret Stetka takes us on this far-reaching journey, explaining exactly how our most mysterious organ developed. From the brain’s improbable, watery beginnings to the marvel that sits in the head of Home sapiens today, Stetka covers an astonishing progression, even tackling future brainy frontiers such as epigenetics and CRISPR. Clearly and expertly told, this intriguing account is the story of who we are. By examining the history of the brain, we can begin to piece together what it truly means to be human.
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File Size : 26,20 MB
Release : 1990
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Author : Michel Feher
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File Size : 31,95 MB
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Author : Daniel Lieberman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 30,56 MB
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 030774180X
A landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years—with charts and line drawings throughout. “Fascinating.... A readable introduction to the whole field and great on the making of our physicality.”—Nature In this book, Daniel E. Lieberman illuminates the major transformations that contributed to key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; and how cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions have impacted us physically. He shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning a paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment and pursue better lifestyles.
Author : Michel Feher
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Page : 551 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 1989
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Author : Margaret Clegg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 30,70 MB
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 1107098386
Highlights the importance of best practice in dealing with human remains, and discusses the key ethical and legal issues.