Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulare
The concept of cell, more than any other biological concept, has been modelled on three powerful metaphors: in a morphological perspective, the cell has been defined Baustein, the brick or elementary unit of the body; from the physiological point of view, it has been associated to a chemical laborat...
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| description | The concept of cell, more than any other biological concept, has been modelled on three powerful metaphors: in a morphological perspective, the cell has been defined Baustein, the brick or elementary unit of the body; from the physiological point of view, it has been associated to a chemical laboratory and finally, in a systemic view, it has been compared to the citizen of the cellular state. The pathologist Rudolf Virchow and the zoologist Ernst Haeckel showed the philosophical and aesthetic potential of the latter metaphor, opening two different perspectives on a crucial problem in the science of living: the problem of the definition of biological individual. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49d82a2f68c745c5aa858d6fcf3dac902022-12-22T00:53:48ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662014-12-017216117610.13128/Aisthesis-1529612858Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulareValeria MaggioreThe concept of cell, more than any other biological concept, has been modelled on three powerful metaphors: in a morphological perspective, the cell has been defined Baustein, the brick or elementary unit of the body; from the physiological point of view, it has been associated to a chemical laboratory and finally, in a systemic view, it has been compared to the citizen of the cellular state. The pathologist Rudolf Virchow and the zoologist Ernst Haeckel showed the philosophical and aesthetic potential of the latter metaphor, opening two different perspectives on a crucial problem in the science of living: the problem of the definition of biological individual.http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/15296metaphororganismcell theoryVirchowHaeckel |
| spellingShingle | Valeria Maggiore Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulare Aisthesis metaphor organism cell theory Virchow Haeckel |
| title | Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulare |
| title_full | Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulare |
| title_fullStr | Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulare |
| title_short | Lo Stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini: metafore bio-politiche sulla questione dell’individualità cellulare |
| title_sort | lo stato cellulare e i suoi cittadini metafore bio politiche sulla questione dell individualita cellulare |
| topic | metaphor organism cell theory Virchow Haeckel |
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