A Philosophy of the Insect / / Jean-Marc Drouin.
The world of insects is at once beneath our feet and unfathomably alien. Small and innumerable, insects surround and disrupt us even as we scarcely pay them any mind. Insects confront us with the limits of what is imaginable, while at the same time being essential to the everyday functioning of all...
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Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Tiny Giants
- 2. An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
- 3. An Entomologist's Point of View
- 4. Insect Politics
- 5. Individual Instinct and Collective Intelligence
- 6. Battles and Alliances
- 7. Model Insects
- 8. Worlds and Environments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index