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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Main Author: Marcel Delpoux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2020-10-01
Series:Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/8693
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description 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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love
biosphere
affection
human relationships
intelligence
title De la prédation à l’affection dans la biosphère
title_full De la prédation à l’affection dans la biosphère
title_fullStr De la prédation à l’affection dans la biosphère
title_full_unstemmed De la prédation à l’affection dans la biosphère
title_short De la prédation à l’affection dans la biosphère
title_sort de la predation a l affection dans la biosphere
topic predation
love
biosphere
affection
human relationships
intelligence
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