FROM NATURAL HISTORY TO BIOLOGY: THE CONCEPT OF LIFE IN SCHOOLBOOKS

Authors

  • José Luís Schifino Ferraro

Keywords:

Vida, Genealogia, Livros didáticos, Biologia, Michel Foucault.

Abstract

The present work mainly aims to accomplish a genealogical study on life
concept under the thought of french philosopher Michel Foucault. The idea of this article
is to cast a look at Natural Sciense and Biology textbooks ever seeking to observe how life
is treated and teached while fundamental concept of that disciplines. Therefore the
genealogy will make use of precedent events taking aim to discover what possibility
conditions made which in transition from classic episteme to modern one, the concept of life
would be conceived to designate no more hardly "the" being, or "a" being in question. The
purpose is to understand how the concept of life, in that transition, abandons its singular
sense and pluralizes itself acquiring the capacity of enclosing in the classification of alive an
ensemble of beings with common characteristics which answer (up to a certain point) in a
very similar way to a series of environmental stimulus and end to connect not only among
itselves, but with the element where occur thus making sure the continuity of their
existence.

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Published

29-12-2009

How to Cite

SCHIFINO FERRARO, J. L. FROM NATURAL HISTORY TO BIOLOGY: THE CONCEPT OF LIFE IN SCHOOLBOOKS. Travessias, Cascavel, v. 3, n. 3, 2009. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/3456. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2009)

Section

LINGUAGEM

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