Life: A Modern Invention Volume 44

by Davide Tarizzo

Book Overview

The word "biology" was first used to describe the scientific study of life in 1802, and as Davide Tarizzo demonstrates in his reconstruction of the genealogy of the concept of life, our understanding of what being alive means is an equally recent invention. Focusing on the histories of philosophy, science, and biopolitics, he contends that biological life is a metaphysical concept, not a scientific one, and that this notion has gradually permeated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816691622
• ISBN13: 9780816691623
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"