Germinal Life

GerminalLifeembarksonafascinatingtourofethology,biology,ethics,literatureandcyborgs.OpeningwithalinkingofRichardDawkin'stheoryoftheextendedphenotypeandDeleuzianthought,AnsellPearsonintroducestheideaofgerminallifetochallengetraditionalnotionsofethologyandphilosophy.ByrevisitingnineteenthcenturyDarwinismandtheoriginsofgermscience,KeithAnsellPearsondevelopsastunningreadingofDeleuze'skeytexts.Healsointroduceshighlyoriginalinterpretationsofclassicmodernliterature,includingThomasHardy'sTessandD.H.Lawrence'sKangaroobeforeconnectingthesethemeswithcyborgismandtheworkoftheperformanceartistStelarc.AsacompaniontoAnsellPearson'sViroidLife,whichexploredNietzsche'sphilosophyofthehuman,GerminalLifeprovidesahighlyoriginalstudyofthebiophilosophicalaspectsofDeleuze'sthought.