Metamorphosis

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Suchantke, Andreas
ISBN : 9780932776396
Communication :
Écrits
Auteur(s) :
Suchantke, Andreas
Édition année :
2010
Langue originale :
Allemand
Nbre de pages :
336
Reliure :
Relié
Format :
285 x 216 mm

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Ce livre est en anglais

190 colour and b/w illustrations

Evolution in action

Description

Our understanding of life on earth is always developing. In this age of genetics and microbiology, Andreas Suchantke brings a lifetime of holistic biological research to the question of the development and evolution of plants and animals.

Following Goethe's participatory method, and drawing on his observations from a number of continents, Suchantke presents evolution as an integrated dynamic process that unfolds on a far more fundamental level than Darwin's natural selection.

Beautifully illustrated through the author’s own drawings and colour photographs, this masterly work offers a rich, dynamic and deeply meaningful understanding of organic life.

Table of Contents

About the Author and this Book

Foreword

Introduction: Metamorphosis--Evolution in Action

  1. Archetype and Evolution--a Contradiction? Understanding
  1. An Example of Metamorphosis: Goethe's Idea of the Vertebral Nature of the Cranial Bones
  1. "From top to bottom the plant is all leaf." Formative Tendencies in the Domain of the Leaf

Everything is Leaf?

Metamorphosis in the Evolution of a Family of Plants:

the Pathway of the Cacti from the Forest to the Desert and back again

The "Primal Leaf": the Ocean's Green Carpet

The Leaf-form--Outcome of a Dialogue between Earth and Cosmos

  1. The Blossom

The Polarity of Leaf and Flower

Flower Color

The Morphic Field of the Blossom

  1. Interim Summary: Metamorphoses--the Key to Understanding the Nature of Life
  1. The Various Forms of Metamorphosis in the Plant Kingdom

Metamorphosis and Juvenilization

The Development of the Leaf through the Ages of the Earth

Evolutionary Countermovements

Pinnacles of Plant Evolution: Orchids and Grasses

"Reproduction" and "Nutritive Multiplication"

  1. Polarity and Threefold Organization: The Dynamics of Metamorphosis
  1. Polarity and Threefold Structure in the Animal Kingdom

The Mammals

An Interim Note on Method

The Birds

The Insects

Insects in general

Butterflies

Beetles

The middle group of insects

  1. The Archetype in Action--

Metamorphosis and Threefold Structure in the Evolution of the Animal

Vacillation between the Inner and the Outer

Stages of Internalization

From Exoskeleton to Endoskeleton

Summary

Latimeria and the crossed alternation gait

The Formation of the Endoskeleton and the Limbs

Confirmation of Statements made by Rudolf Steiner

on the Head and Limb Formation in Human Beings,

and on the Question of how to Present this as a Teacher

  1. The All-pervasive Endoskeleton

The Exoskeleton and the Endoskeleton in Coelenterates

Molluscs and their Skeletons

  1. The Fate of Exoskeleton and Endoskeleton in the Further Course of Evolution

Life between Levity and Gravity

"Limbs" of the Head: Horns and Antlers

The Separating out of the Bodily Systems--

The Embodiment of the Archetype in the Human Being

Notes and References

Bibliography

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