A foray into the worlds of animals and humans : with, A theory of meaning / Jakob von Uexküll ; translated by Joseph D. O'Neill ; introduction by Dorion Sagan ; afterword by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uexküll, Jakob von, 1864-1944.

Contributor:

O'Neill, Joseph D.

Sagan, Dorion, 1959-

Winthrop-Young, Geoffrey, 1960-

Series:

Posthumanities ; 12.

Posthumanities ; v. 12

Standardized Title:

Streifzüge durch die Umwelten von Tieren und Menschen. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Psychology, Comparative.

Perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Summary:

Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject? With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit. This concept of the umwelt has become enormously important within posthumanist philosophy, influencing such figures as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and, most recently, Giorgio Agamben, who has called Uexküll ""a high point of modern antihumanism."" A key docu

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Umwelt after Uexküll; Translator's Introduction; A FORAY INTO THE WORLDS OF ANIMALS AND HUMANS; A THEORY OF MEANING; Afterword: Bubbles and Webs: A Backdoor Stroll through the Readings of Uexküll; Notes; Index

Notes:

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Uexküll, Jakob von, 1864-1944. Theoretische Biologie. English

ISBN:

9780816675388

0816675384

OCLC:

699513566