Darwin's pharmacy: sex, plants, and the evolution of the noosphere
Auteur :
Doyle, Richard M.
Éditeur :
University of Washington Press
ISBN :
9780295990941
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
726 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Long suppressed as components of the human tool kit, psychedelic plants can be usefully modeled as “eloquence adjuncts†that intensify a crucial component of sexual selection in humans: discourse. Psychedelic plants seduce us to interact with them, building an ongoing interdependence: rhetoric as evolutionary mechanism.