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Author Drouin, Jean-Marc, author.

Title A philosophy of the insect / Jean-Marc Drouin ; translated by Anne Trager.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
©2019
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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "Philosophie de l'insecte by Jean-Marc Drouin, ©2014 Editions du Seuil"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Tiny giants -- An inordinate fondness for beetles -- An entomologist's point of view -- Insect politics -- Individual instinct and collective intelligence -- Battles and alliances -- Model insects -- Worlds and environments.
Summary The philosopher and historian of science Jean-Marc Drouin contends that insects pose a fundamental challenge to philosophy. Exploring the questions of what insects are and what scientific, aesthetic, ethical, and historical relationships they have with humanity, he argues that they force us to reconsider our ideas of the animal and the social.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Insects -- Philosophy.
Insects.
Philosophy.
Insects -- Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Entomology -- History.
Entomology.
History.
Entomology -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Trager, Anne, translator.
Added Title Philosophie de l'insecte. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019007057
Other Form: Print version: Drouin, Jean-Marc. Philosophie de l'insecte. English. Philosophy of the insect. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231175784 (DLC) 2019006036 (OCoLC)1085577252
ISBN 9780231540728 (electronic book)
0231540728 (electronic book)
9780231175784 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780231175791 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0231175787
9780231175784
0231175795
9780231175791

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