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The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830
Janina Wellmann
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Description for The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830
Hardcover. Originally published as: Die Forme des Werdens (Geottingen: Wallstein Verlag, c2010). Num Pages: 432 pages, 68 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
An examination of the constitutive role of rhythm and movement in the visualization of developing life. In The Form of Becoming Janina Wellmann offers an innovative understanding of the emergence around 1800 of the science of embryology and a new notion of development, one based on the epistemology of rhythm. She argues that between 1760 and 1830, the concept of rhythm became crucial to many fields of knowledge, including the study of life and living processes. She juxtaposes the history of rhythm in music theory, literary theory, and philosophy with the concurrent turn in biology toward understanding ... Read more
An examination of the constitutive role of rhythm and movement in the visualization of developing life. In The Form of Becoming Janina Wellmann offers an innovative understanding of the emergence around 1800 of the science of embryology and a new notion of development, one based on the epistemology of rhythm. She argues that between 1760 and 1830, the concept of rhythm became crucial to many fields of knowledge, including the study of life and living processes. She juxtaposes the history of rhythm in music theory, literary theory, and philosophy with the concurrent turn in biology toward understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781935408765
SKU
V9781935408765
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About Janina Wellmann
Janina Wellmann is a researcher at Leuphana Universitat Luneburg.
Reviews for The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830
At the core of Wellmann's analysis is not a description of beauty per se, but an observation about the limits of description when confronted with living systems, and the role of the observer's own creativity in defining methods of approach. Wellmann's meticulious survey through the landscape of thought between the years 1760-1830 explores a period when the central figures of ... Read more