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Weaves the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs

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". . . offer[s] unique insights into the pleasures and desires that animate our relationships . . . The diverse source material Doyle uses serves as a model for the kind of commons he celebrates. He offers wonderfully attentive readings of trip reports from famous users . . ."

-- Jenna Supp-Montgomerie * Women's Studies Quarterly *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction | Glimpsing the Peacock Angel
1. The Flowers of Perception: Trip Reports, Stigmergy, and the Nth Person Plural
2. Rhetorical Mycelium: Psychedelics as Eloquence Adjuncts?
3. Rhetorical Adjuncts and the Evolution of Rhetoric: Darwin’s Impassioned Speech
4. LSDNA : Creative Problem Solving, Consciousness Expansion, and the Emergence of Biotechnology
5. Hyperbolic: Divining Ayahuasca
6. The Transgenic Involution
7. From Zero to One: Metaprogramming Noise, with Special Reference to Plant Intelligence

Epilogue: In Darwin’s Dreams
Notes
References
Index

Darwins Pharmacy

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      Publisher University of Washington Press
      Published 1 October 2011
      ISBN-13 9780295990958
      978-0295990958
      ISBN-10 0295990953
      Also in:
      Science & Nature Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Weaves the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs

      Trade Review

      ". . . offer[s] unique insights into the pleasures and desires that animate our relationships . . . The diverse source material Doyle uses serves as a model for the kind of commons he celebrates. He offers wonderfully attentive readings of trip reports from famous users . . ."

      -- Jenna Supp-Montgomerie * Women's Studies Quarterly *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction | Glimpsing the Peacock Angel
      1. The Flowers of Perception: Trip Reports, Stigmergy, and the Nth Person Plural
      2. Rhetorical Mycelium: Psychedelics as Eloquence Adjuncts?
      3. Rhetorical Adjuncts and the Evolution of Rhetoric: Darwin’s Impassioned Speech
      4. LSDNA : Creative Problem Solving, Consciousness Expansion, and the Emergence of Biotechnology
      5. Hyperbolic: Divining Ayahuasca
      6. The Transgenic Involution
      7. From Zero to One: Metaprogramming Noise, with Special Reference to Plant Intelligence

      Epilogue: In Darwin’s Dreams
      Notes
      References
      Index

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