De la prédation à l’affection dans la biosphère
From the early period of the evolution of the biosphere to the present day, predation has always existed, instinctive, blind and more or less violent. In some lineages, particularly animal and chiefly human ones, that predation was belatedly accompanied with intra- or interspecific, instinctive, or...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Caliban: French Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/8693 |
| Summary: | From the early period of the evolution of the biosphere to the present day, predation has always existed, instinctive, blind and more or less violent. In some lineages, particularly animal and chiefly human ones, that predation was belatedly accompanied with intra- or interspecific, instinctive, or reasoned and conscious behaviours, ranging, in particular, from affection to love between humans and non-humans. That new aspect of things, an immaterial, original characteristic of the biosphere, increases diversity linked with the emergence and development of intelligence and cognitive capacities. It is also a reference and a hope to try to reduce mankind’s violence, strongly increased by the recent evolution of “modern” societies. |
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| ISSN: | 2425-6250 2431-1766 |