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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821839203321

Autore

Clarke Bruce <1950->

Titolo

Gaian systems : Lynn Margulis, neocybernetics, and the end of the anthropocene / / Bruce Clarke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5179-0912-0

9781452963297

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Collana

Posthumanities ; ; 60

Disciplina

570.1

Soggetti

Gaia hypothesis

System theory

Cybernetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: An Epistemological Transition -- Part I. Gaia Discourse -- A Paradigm Shift -- Thinkers of Gaia -- Neocybernetics of Gaia -- Part II. The Systems Counterculture -- The Whole Earth Network -- The Lindisfarne Connection -- Margulis and Autopoiesis -- Part III. Gaian Inquiries -- The Planetary Imaginary -- Planetary Immunity -- Astrobiology and the Anthropocene.

Sommario/riassunto

"A groundbreaking look at Gaia theory's intersections with neocybernetic systems theory"--