We Are Amphibians - Julian and Aldous Huxley on the Future of Our Species (Hardcover)

"We Are Amphibians" tells the fascinating story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species. As a pioneering biologist and conservationist, Julian Huxley helped to advance the "modern synthesis" in evolutionary biology and played a pivotal role in founding UNESCO and the World Wildlife Fund. Julian Huxley's argument that we must accept responsibility for our future evolution as a species has attracted a growing number of scientists and intellectuals, who now embrace the concept of "transhumanism" that he first outlined in the 1950s. Although Aldous Huxley is most widely known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World," his writings on religion, ecology, and human consciousness were powerful catalysts for the environmental and human potential movements that grew rapidly in the second half of the twentieth century. While they often disagreed about the role of science and technology in human progress, Julian and Aldous Huxley both believed that the future of our species depends on a saner set of relations with each other and with our environment. Their common concern for ecology has given their ideas about the future of "Homo sapiens" an enduring resonance in the twenty-first century. The amphibian metaphor that both brothers used to describe humanity highlights not only the complexity and mutability of our species but also our ecologically precarious situation.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	2015
Authors:	R. S. Deese
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28152-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-28152-7
Barcode:	9780520281523

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