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100	1		_aDeese, R. S.
245	1	0	_aWe Are Amphibians : _bJulian and Aldous Huxley on the Future of Our Species.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (278 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: "The Question of Questions for Mankind" -- 1. Late Victorians -- 2. Twilight of Utopias -- 3. Spiritual Biology -- 4. Ape and Essence -- 5. We Are Amphibians -- Epilogue: The Future of Our Species -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aWe Are Amphibians tells the fascinating story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species. As a pioneering biologist and conservationist, Julian Huxley helped advance the "modern synthesis" in evolutionary biology and played a pivotal role in founding UNESCO and the World Wildlife Fund. His argument that we must accept responsibility for our future evolution as a species has attracted a growing number of scientists and intellectuals who embrace the concept of Transhumanism that he first outlined in the 1950s. Although Aldous Huxley is most widely known for his dystopian novel Brave New World, his writings on religion, ecology, and human consciousness were powerful catalysts for the environmental and human potential movements that grew rapidly in the second half of the twentieth century. While they often disagreed about the role of science and technology in human progress, Julian and Aldous Huxley both believed that the future of our species depends on a saner set of relations with each other and with our environment. Their common concern for ecology has given their ideas about the future of Homo sapiens an enduring resonance in the twenty-first century. The amphibian metaphor that both brothers used to describe humanity highlights not only the complexity and mutability of our species but also our ecologically precarious situation.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aHuxley, Julian.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aDeese, R. S. _tWe Are Amphibians _dBerkeley : University of California Press,c2014 _z9780520281523
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1711007 _zClick to View
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