To this day Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory of the "survival of the fittest" has been visualized with the universal model of a tree of life. But early on in Darwin's thinking the coral provided a fascinating alternative to the tree as a depiction of the evolution of the species. Horst Bredekamp shows how Darwin, a coral enthusiast and collector, found in it a more adequate illustration of evolution through natural selection: It grows anarchically in all directions and no longer upholds mankind as the "crown of creation." Using this example Darwin is proving himself to be both a destroyer and consummator of traditional natural philosophy. Since antiquity the coral had been a symbol of nature as a whole.
Lieferbar
ISBN | 9783110643343 |
---|---|
Sprache | eng |
Cover | Fester Einband |
Verlag | Gruyter, Walter de GmbH |
Jahr | 2019 |
Dieser Artikel hat noch keine Bewertungen.