{"product_id":"metamorphoses-hardback-9781509545667","title":"Metamorphoses (Hardback) 9781509545667","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmanuele Coccia (Author), Robin Mackay (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509545667, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 June 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Emanuele Coccia defines anew the relationship between humans and nature – a fascinating inquiry, and one which we urgently need in order to open our eyes to the world around us.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePeter Wohlleben, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Life of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Emanuele Coccia's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e is effectively Darwinian and also profoundly philosophical. With lyric prose sparkling with ideas at every turn, the work is inspiring, insightful, and stimulating.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnvironmental Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: one crawls on the ground and the other flutters its wings in the air. And yet they are one and the same life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmanuele Coccia argues that metamorphosis – the phenomenon that allows the same life to subsist in disparate bodies – is the relationship that binds all species together and unites the living with the non-living. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, animals: they are all one and the same life. Each species, including the human species, is the metamorphosis of all those that preceded it – the same life, cobbling together a new body and a new form in order to exist differently. And there is no opposition between the living and the non-living: life is always the reincarnation of the non-living, a carnival of the telluric substance of a planet – the Earth – that continually draws new faces and new ways of being out of even the smallest particle of its disparate body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy highlighting what joins humans together with other forms of life, Coccia’s brilliant reflection on metamorphosis encourages us to abandon our view of the human species as static and independent and to recognize instead that we are part of a much larger and interconnected form of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Continuity of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Forms Within Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Births\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Every Self is a Forgetting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One and the Same Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Birth and Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cosmic Twins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Giving Birth, or the Migration of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Carnival of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Speech of the Earth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Metamorphosis as Destiny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mirror of the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cocoons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Transformations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Insects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Every Living Being is a Chimera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Postnatal Egg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rejuvenations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A New Idea of Technics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Metamorphosis of Plants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Cocoon of the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reincarnations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eating and Metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Being Eaten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reincarnation and the Transmigration of the Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Genetics and Reincarnation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Shadow of the Species\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Migrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Planetary Migration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vehicle Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Great Ark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Everybody in the House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Domestic Life of Non-Humans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Invasions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Associations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Multispecies City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interspecies Architecture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Our Mind is Always in the Bodies of Other Species\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The End of Wilderness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contemporary Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441808109848,"sku":"9781509545667","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509545667.jpg?v=1785026377","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/metamorphoses-hardback-9781509545667","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}