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The narrative universe

Title
The narrative universe / Gianluca Bocchi, Mauro Ceruti ; translated by Luca Pellagrini and Alfonso Montuori.
Author
Bocchi, Gianluca.
Publication
Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Additional Authors
Ceruti, Mauro.
Description
xix, 279 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Advances in systems theory, complexity, and the human sciences
Uniform Title
  • Origini di storie. English
  • Advances in systems theory, complexity, and the human sciences.
Alternative Title
Origini di storie.
Subject
  • Cosmology
  • Evolution
  • Civilization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Series Editor's Foreword / Alfonso Montuori -- Foreword / Jerome Bruner -- Pt. 1. Stories of Origin. 1.0. The Origin of History. 1.1. The World of the Goddess. 1.2. History Before History. 1.3. Earth Goddesses and Sky Gods. 1.4. Intertwining Dualities. 1.5. Eternal Return and the Promise of Salvation -- Pt. 2. The Invention of a New Era. 2.0. The Universe in the Pluriverse. 2.1. 1492. 2.2. Cuius Regio, Eius Religio. 2.3. A Closed World in an Infinite Universe. 2.4. History and Forms -- Pt. 3. The Time of Evolution. 3.0. The End of Eternity. 3.1. Exploring Deep Time. 3.2. Life of the Species. 3.3. Leaps in Nature. 3.4. The Return of "Hopeful Monsters" 3.5. Evolutionary Pluralism. 3.6. The Ecology of Evolution -- Pt. 4. The Metamorphoses of Life. 4.0. Shiva's Dance. 4.1. The Ages of the Biosphere. 4.2. Death of the Species. 4.3. Animals Are Not What They Used to Be. 4.4. Life Before Life -- Pt. 5. The Contingent Universe.
  • 5.0. Beyond the End of the World. 5.1. Jurassic Park, Professor Ichthyosaurus, and the Mesozoic Rats. 5.2. The Bookmaker's Bankruptcy. 5.3. Irreversibility, Events and Coherence. 5.4. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Ever Told.
ISBN
1572732806 (paper)
LCCN
2001039363
OCLC
  • 506162792
  • ocn506162792
  • SCSB-4283986
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Columbia University Libraries