Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love
The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love
The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love
Ebook302 pages6 hours

The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The central concern of this book is us human beings. The authors’ basic question is: ‘How is it that we can live in mutual care, have ethical concerns, and at the same time deny all that through the rational justification of aggression?’ The authors answer this basic question indirectly by providing a look into the fundaments of our biological constitution, concentrating on what they term emotioning, that is the flow of emotions in daily life that guides the flow of the systemic conservation of a manner of living. Maturana and Verden-Zöller claim that the fundamental emotion that gave rise to humans as sapient languaging beings was love, and that this remains our fundament even when other emotions become socially prevalent.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 21, 2012
ISBN9781845403768
The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love

Related to The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love

Related ebooks

Philosophy For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5

2 ratings1 review

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I was reading and enjoying Andres Weber, and a friend recommended I check out this book for a less western take on biosemiotics. Ironically, Weber was a student of Maturana.There are a number of unusual things about this book. It seems to be a very small printing. Apparently it was written in the early '90s, but not published until the lat '00s. Almost half of the book is appendices (which you should probably read). It is written using what some call semantic language. Its text requires that you image what the authors are speaking about, or else you will quickly become lost. In other words, it is a very challenging read! I think I'll need to have a handful of conversations with others that have read the book before I have a strong grasp of the topics within.The book was written by two Chilean professions. Gerda Verden-Zöller has studied mother-child relations. Humberto Maturana Romesin has studied sense-perception and developed the concept of autopoesis (the self-making nature of life). Apparently Maturana died during the time I was reading this book.The book outlines an alternate theory of evolution, on in which ecosystems and their species are part of an ongoing give-and-take that results in their mutual development. Humans, as part of this system, have been able to conserve their distinct identity through love. Love is a defining aspect of human relations—the mother-child relationship being at the core of human culture.I'm interested in learning more about the work of Maturana and Verden-Zöller, although I may return to Weber first.

Book preview

The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love - Humberto Maturana Romesín

e ^book_preview_excerpt.html|ےƑi]{5fͦX6G3ƇH 2Ӹ$@e7amV_2~YET?ug*t*#Q42Uo8ԱzGwr>~Njd\.oKT]2Pe0̭. c"Pu!r/08eOxا*]fϊ}ӇCy ZO#䅑 kDiWŢ}yP-2Hm݈`@+N'/WG{/c\Gk V_tK:yJ~[SQߪ طc:dMςU1 p<,X6LTA~|]o~ܟK]UTZDcj,i=Ȏ.DTAݘEE,@ק;qCB$2v`YRXPC 0/M\ÂCw/L/%'!E' ,1z<1LmįEOrܓ8D3>|x/jSyOwT ّ==C0.$?#Qs=] Po_"Sh~B@ےDu*YM6Ywշ![A,qQpC8p8 NS#1*N%!%*>/0EQ sаNַr1K^R,3FYLF <3 GqV̟7:pSZj,ZHc+a@,FDX~28awߋQ<3>q>uSLMf|9tP4&D}h!qGeZ&z}ۈ/}n. n>wjpb@ѣx(Yc$`H u3>itjO` &S13x,L@5?> I.LEtg0zQX1J8ʞc++[| ݚ y͜ʐ2UH,q )vYP#All8~(ڸaŻ1Lt%`'"D2'9PN >Df3˞ fQ]wi4}-tvubD˚&1:ø(bXp>_ ƃՋ3u U[8k?*M\@d"Agr?6!F(,`ooxV,Us"L4Af+C"u5qx\\/G|xB z~)ss[:80@B[(ƮiҲi Kӧj^`:.d]."K(/ BRrҌFУav_D@F|Ƃk텊!J6A7"ʘe(V9,IB_ a|&\/`nZ%#Om[<+Xj ːӋ\ y!??لJ Nl1w!:B sgYMWD o߹s'/ CӴ Z|>@ݑ;z?OLKqSv{_"O"LDFAN*Gs.C[vz. ɉLO/:L [OX~GWqmc?JޔW.,8I~^9*2jYxT踣`{IʟHZ#8 ,xݳymcBheOCu/05DUoEKNMQ7݋ӟ+^eGߨO31yP~W}q_@(eWl3j}fJJDC~~ꮲ~IRuOߕ!f A0[r SZ^ "MH.)@b7F$'7Iv-aEZ(}T7~STƎDې{4Jw$Z=bzP~Lp~v T# D[ Zj؜m-IĢ&٩Դhl97&L`t-5ɨ_Yl2<ҕ<9, I-}ھ9_\-$vYbFòcz޷ ^+u0[m=֡E)Ř^[ď3L 7J)^<# PU#h({9лrBklu+Q(&l Rג=ud~6<4(?фWe\Hjڼ#SBx DUV0n0D^QA%lTdiE@)XF5kM hXJ ȓq=vks R|[ٛ7!ՈXDv^AWS͸ؖ97#Q .t LW4; 1WPA5I 21xg6Ν9,6ɰe 98s"YiԊ*d7A!81גd\xi1_r_L]^ku=YkfldzzaeI]1Wt,$QPS.0_n.>!׿w gy Za_&pJ ztx;I7hI ^;vr&>+\d҆uĠ#IIiGz>W$S?J;} 1U kFRUl+r*{oWZc> 8Ƨ. #/,xmezBUrdGYŔxXrL6-y8uq d}kٕ=ZB7]:^;{oYAC"<{ǽ ?/wQk>6%σSl8S4jt_;FΈIcŧKJW"͝RY:itW({Wyc рSDEe(ޯ QjCpScHS+…zd ծ"0 SBŚfYiu҉qN" ]x-y̒C8*cWrʈyQM(cφ`+z guLO`|M9QG/uZTHn a,+·Rgv'/hD:&ωu}w;r{-` K]y[GBLqK$EѦ"e0L =wD$K%dQ.8TĻ1<Ъ =LYdFo.4L}T1B _p @軵9je+6A #úXV`٨.5헣a5I rf ‚vA6/ޭ|?&JV8Xd2,fnZ7&D OR$?Fi)ua}BLay5GCNҚkYƠy3w֜g'ɀ-=H^)M.Qɉ5 f\ ^`<t"`sfH,svVtVO\Zօ6ay`<+Y>U?↧ӠJVRshYnj 6嶺eJ`;K> M0`W}m=2ޕi8MlGEB<7o5~Ќ!|ॡN\Ci˥&7%eݵMeM2]X3[+nQ[ƙv 48hl7{= S#H6)ZTh0ր +t6uhW0exv*L1J M4d DgwՋv.(W\.|&}o܎Z$C'313,9N ĵEQ^.MdHr'c;5;@jm7@i7"\\tqs7րj%iXw&>&EF$2$IA*1摲]}pTݕ/rei&'S6352ɡBֶNq1zU[俕 4])=rɠi46m8TdO!5OqaucYIvk]n-=/3DVAn>O;ftbVe&UNY6Eෙ O(8rݟx8YY,O-힚͞am oqvB3Qioir'S̟K@-ůs}ub׭8Ps.Ԫ0zj%hUT ;:DwK۠iy3nΖ;`mBeg~2Ɣ5'l^"cR*+lkRҒApB}]U_)2ږe΂Hᯨ1枼OYwoOwQڇ7ò' ǭiKi55Jz6xS/.Ы"F-Te)~fbh{EMQ|-=G`⬞r1m-- S/r : 1*=0CVY~?d0_Ͻ)d33 pN~TS9 X[ŵN's Yb[!+9i៙.`Y=jӕ! Owv6[vs?"WԢ$j)qB>sW.kdP;MsJg<Re H.ptn.EB徚B`,X]^Xo<ĆFHW}c0毨!S+̕K+OVitr@3&tN^:Lӟ¾bɜeɏBb]њbʼn!kzFTo+?q{y|r:k>=a;(X9P1+hkt5~x.2Wޖj]Oev#vaVQ] (3a3ɪ?7Ņv[h*Ø6fsA)BgBsc(I&՞eϭ$u5dEw$VÀ!.yS>Al>'F(~di._qL=L֮-D[yn"P-C۠xf/r̓90*dI/Pj kԄȨLv/"}|ly ֔P@E, 05] ܢ|1)2f6oa-]<(Iۡ5Cky,UgNfblq$iԃxZJ޶g0'p#zUE&=Q:Dy|UTr,ɫXI,lCzc>K]貪jY)WӨd(ZY6& DlM~`7߳]"7jTR4hB (^u۫C38h6ЬgT/g:kE9ũ~hD-Y1AKiv[Bߕ@:uC\{%AmVg2~0gro%$4?lpN#>艕Mmyc4(؞HXWԛf䬚bƚf\d(1.9dX7(%H$ZQÑ@ܗf?ƉE/ka: kcd'uKGA\'Ŧb8v"t+Mq^`Ǭ-qwWz+TK.Ƞ#8C͜O_֯/ E[M%GjТd.ezϛ =ɹ* 5cnC+Jwu2h~ >=gv{T_OɤKlSN[03*ξQܼȄ;[s ~s92Q"j~]#VMGsΥcFAy|y!,qri/4i,> 'NjrtR뭭bgv S?}:C^^o@!+n6j.>tćmv/3n;6ۮ[YZQDŵRlBIɰ7SHhEe~ݛn{Cz!n,W٢1iCZǶb}QՓR۠gn 9C(v-+ZMT%8HJ r݉ƃe?P(s^V^Ԩ0tkȔckSL^880?߭Acl>Y5=Op <1iŘ~KI_\PXi{=#wNBr~&+EmCx8DvO>JzjNKFVod[ARA?#mK?{6,?_ ӳ*99gUS}{k.=4+3Ha2OEUd4V| S8v&\՗7J$w":M+q~]|ݫBR@ 6X}HmWFv?2G84kE!:)Fd-E_ -($fC5~d33 Կ I0(NI4[rPaBOg_F>5˹Xm &nMqF$ا">Ъl"ٻ XNވMx挛.Ҏ2Fw,d(Gx}Ԇ6R?4ȟP-q) -W_MPYd}SoXՓ|1hOFn4ح=i~JlV6> t{k]ó& cY;A©SGPv2wjOq@N uR<Ȫ~'ȩ;wz6Mփ:j)roI4.7lRQ*j;YN遄 sPb'xJo^ziy椌v6';W̌ܶ!Uydu{j硃E s1F4|!wbryu/C_N,PƇAw~FÚJ~"Y˝+_۲2kur=+>Rڜx|3%_KRZ?[O{HO/k:'Sn0/eUTNm/ lJA_LG %)kA7n=[YаVN=RЖgی>զxmJݴ'Qlg8pS~AJpCjhWbP/, ^
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1