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Author Drouin, Jean-Marc, author.

Title A philosophy of the insect / Jean-Marc Drouin ; translated by Anne Trager
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
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
Notes "Philosophie de l'insecte by Jean-Marc Drouin, ©2014 Editions du Seuil"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2020)
Subject Insects -- Philosophy
Insects -- Social aspects
Entomology -- History
Entomology -- Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Entomology
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Trager, Anne, translator.
LC no. 2019006036
ISBN 9780231540728
0231540728
0231175787
9780231175784
0231175795
9780231175791
Other Titles Philosophie de l'insecte. English