The Theoretical Individual : (Record no. 6504)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9783319714431 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 500 |
| Item number | TobT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Tobias, Michael Charles |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Theoretical Individual : |
| Remainder of title | Imagination, Ethics and the Future of Humanity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | USA : |
| Name of publisher | Springer, |
| Year of publication | c2018. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xv,138p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | How can the one influence the many? From posing seminal questions about what comprises a human individual, to asking whether human evolution is alive and well, favoring individuals or the species, this work is a daring, up-to-the-minute overview of an urgent, multidisciplinary premise. It explores the extent to which human history provides empirical evidence for the capacity of an individual to exert meaningful suasion over their species, and asks: Can an individual influence the survival of the human species and the planet? If there are to be cultures of transformation dedicated to seeing us all through the Sixth Extinction Spasm, the Anthropocene, inflicting as little biological havoc as possible, what might such orientations-a collective, widespread biophilia, or reverence for nature-look like? In this powerful work, with a combination of data and direct observation, the authors invite readers to explore how such transformations might resonate throughout the human community; in what ways a person might overcome the seemingly insurmountable environmental tumult our species has unleashed; the clear and salient motives, ethics, aspirations and pragmatic idealism he/she might mirror and embrace in order to effect a profound difference-at the individual level-for all of life and life's myriad habitats. Chapters illuminate an ambitiously broad digest of research from two-dozen disciplines. Those include ecodynamics, biosemiotics, neural plasticity, anthropology, paleontology and the history of science, among others. All converge upon a set of ethics-based scenarios for mitigating ecological damage to ourselves and other life forms. This highly readable and tightly woven treatise speaks to scientists, students and all those who are concerned about ethical activism and the future of the biosphere. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are ecological philosophers and animal liberation activists who have worked for decades to help enrich our understanding of ecosystem dynamics and humanity's ambiguous presence amid that great orchestra that is nature. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Conservation Biology |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Ecology |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environment |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental Sciences |
| General subdivision | Philosophy |
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| Topical Term | Life Sciences |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Nature |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Philosophy of Nature |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Philosophy |
| 650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Popular Science in Nature and Environment |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Conservation Biology/Ecology |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental Philosophy |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Philosophy of Nature |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Popular Life Sciences |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Popular Science in Philosophy |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Morrison, Jane Gray |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Purchase Price | Bill number | Full call number | Accession Number | Print Price | Bill Date/Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Humanities | Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati | Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati | General Stacks | 25/10/2024 | Shah Book House | 2169.02 | SBH/24600 | 500 TobT | 10813 | 3623.49 | 25/10/2024 | Books |