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Becoming undone : Darwinian reflections on life, politics, and art / Elizabeth Grosz

This text examines Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories to analyse the relationship between life, politics, and art. It explores the distinction between natural and sexual selection to develop a feminist understanding of biology, nature, and time.

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