The origin and transformation of Sexes, Константинос Марицас / Konstantinos Maritsas, K & М, 2018

The origin and transformation of Sexes

Автор: Константинос Марицас / Konstantinos Maritsas
Раздел: Световна културология, етнология и фолклор, Изследвания на пола, гей и лесбийски изследвания
Издателство: K & М
Народност: българска
ISBN: 9786199103722
първо издание, 2018 год.
меки корици, 145 стр.
Цена: 12,00 лв

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"Evolution", in contemporary discussion, denotes the theory of the change of an organic species over time. Prior to the second half of the nineteenth century, the term was used primarily, if not exclusively, in an embryological sense to designate the development of the individual embryo. These same ambiguities of usage also surround the German term "Entwicklungsgeschichte", which was originally used in an embryological context. In 1852 the English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) used the term to denote both cosmic and biological change from "homogeneity" to "heterogeneity". In the 1860s the term was used in some contexts to designate species change. Darwin himself did not use this term for his theory until the Descent of Man (1871). Since this article will survey the broad history of these theories through the publication of the Descent of Man, the term "transformism", which came into common use in French biological sources around 1835, will generally be used here to refer to the theory of species change prior to the shift in meaning in the 1860s. Since Darwin's work, the designation "evolution" has been typically, if not exclusively, linked with the theory of natural selection as the primary cause by which such species change has occurred over historical time.

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Konstantinos Maritsas was born on September 29th 1957 in Sofia in the family of his father - Greek and mother - Bulgarian. The environment in which he grew up was rich in literature and music. Thus he got to know both cultures to perfection. Konstantinos graduated from the prestigious National Technical University of Athens as an engineer, and as a master -philosopher from the University of Sofia. In his mature years he writes a lot, travels and translates. His philosophical ideas are unconventional and provoke a new reading of the birth of civilization and our place - of men, women, hermaphrodites and others - in it. Thorough research and reflection give him grounds to suggest a new definition of civilization far beyond the anthropocentric attempts before him. Civilization is the survival of the weak - he says and defends it convincingly with a variety of examples from the development of flora and fauna in the Beginning.

His works are broadly published in Bulgarian, Greek, English and Russian.