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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798364303321

Autore

Meyer William J.

Titolo

Darwin in a new key : evolution and the question of value / / William J. Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Eugene, Oregon : , : Cascade Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4982-3120-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Disciplina

113

Soggetti

Teleology

Evolution - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Can one coherently integrate Darwin's view of evolution with an affirmation of the value of existence? In this fresh, lean, and substantive volume, William Meyer addresses this important question. By carefully analyzing Darwin's own writings and by drawing on the philosophical perspectives of William James, Alfred North Whitehead, and others, Meyer persuasively redirects the cultural conversation about Darwin away from the retrospective question of origins toward the prospective question concerning the ultimate significance of evolutionary life. As James recognized, the question about the real



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149512203321

Autore

Maba Dali Delamour

Titolo

Assimilation et départementalisation des Outremers : la République en échec ? : Le cas troublant de Mayotte / Maba Dali, Delamour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, France, : L'Harmattan, 2016

ISBN

9782140012815

214001281X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (702 p.)

Collana

Ocean Indien/Etudes

Soggetti

LAW / General

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Sur la base des articles 72 et 73 de la Constitution, les anciennes possessions ou collectivites francaises (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, La Reunion, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon), ont ete assimilees et departementalisees. Mayotte, quant a elle, ne l'a ete que tardivement, alors qu'elus et populations locales reclamaient, depuis 1958, un alignement des statuts et des conditions politiques effectives. Plusieurs decennies plus tard, le bilan general n'est pas bon : l'egalite reelle sera-t-elle un jour atteint ?