Darwin und Foucault: Genealogie und Geschichte im Zeitalter der Biologie by Philipp Sarasin ISBN 13: 9783518585221

Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag AG, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. German language edition. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean. Binding is square and tight. Faint wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. Text block is clean. Dust jacket is clean, bright, and unmarked with slight edgewear. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

Suhrkamp Verlag AG, 2009 8vo (20.5 cm), 456 pp. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket (dj little rubbed). From the publisher's description: "This book embarks on an experiment: two aggressive »acids« of modern theory are combined in a laboratory beaker to observe how the mixture reacts. Both Charles Darwin and Michel Foucault represent lines of thought that radically broke with tradition while calling into question not only the difference between the natural world and culture, but also the assumed inherent nature of things. Everything evaporates under this genealogical lens that investigates the origins of previous forms. In the process, it exposes that things have no inherent »identity« or »nature«, even that the very idea of a stable order within the natural world is preposterous. Both Darwin and Foucault represent a variation of historical thought that, according to the theory presented in this book, undermines the comfortable, stable certainties offered… Read More

Suhrkamp, 2009. Hardcover. New. 455 pages. German language. 8.03x5.12x1.26 inches.