Darwins Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noosphere (In Vivo) by Doyle, Richard M - 07/25/2011

Seattle, WA, USA: University of Washington Press, 2011. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing. Text inside appeara clean and clear throughout. 'Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwin's Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs. Long suppressed as components of the human tool kit, psychedelic plants can be usefully modeled as "eloquence adjuncts" that intensify a crucial component of sexual selection in humans: discourse. Psychedelic plants seduce us to interact with them, building an ongoing interdependence: rhetoric as evolutionary mechanism. In doing so, they engage our awareness of the noosphere, or thinking stratum of the earth. The realization that the human organism is part of an interconnected ecosystem is an apprehension of… Read More

Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2011. First printing. Paperback. Fine. Printed paper wraps, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome wraps and tight binding, text clean and unmarked.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Weaves the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs

Paperback / softback. New. Weaves the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Washington Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 336 pages. 9.00x7.00x1.00 inches.

University of Washington Press , pp. 368 Index. Papeback. New.