Emanuele Coccia - Metamorphoses

1 Cover

2 Dedication Dedication To Colette, queen of metamorphoses

3 Title Page Metamorphoses Emanuele Coccia Translated by Robin Mackay polity

4 Copyright Originally published in French as Métamorphoses © 2020, Éditions Payot & Rivages This English translation © 2021, Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4568-1 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Coccia, Emanuele, author. | Mackay, Robin (Philosopher), translator. Title: Metamorphoses / Emanuele Coccia ; translated by Robin Mackay. Other titles: Métamorphoses. English Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2021. | Translation of: Métamorphoses. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “A brilliant reflection on the interconnectedness of all life”-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020055364 (print) | LCCN 2020055365 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509545667 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509545674 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509545681 (epub) | ISBN 9781509547685 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Transmigration. | Life. | Ecology. Classification: LCC BD426 .C6313 2021 (print) | LCC BD426 (ebook) | DDC 129--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020055364 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020055365 The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

5 Acknowledgements

6 Endorsement Page

7 IntroductionThe Continuity of Life The Forms within Us

8 1 BirthsEvery Self is a Forgetting One and the Same Life Birth and Nature Cosmic Twins Giving Birth, or the Migration of Life Carnival of the Gods The Speech of the Earth Metamorphosis as Destiny Mirror of the World Notes

9 2 CocoonsTransformations Insects Every Living Being is a Chimera A Postnatal Egg Rejuvenations A New Idea of Technics The Metamorphosis of Plants The Cocoon of the World Notes

10 3 ReincarnationsEating and Metamorphosis Being Eaten Reincarnation and the Transmigration of the Self Genetics and Reincarnation The Shadow of the Species Notes

11 4 MigrationsPlanetary Migration Vehicle Theory The Great Ark Everybody in the House The Domestic Life of Non-Humans Invasions Notes

12 5 AssociationsThe Multispecies City Interspecies Architecture Our Mind is Always in the Bodies of Other Species The End of Wilderness Contemporary Nature Notes

13 ConclusionPlanetary Knowledge Future Notes

14 Bibliography

15 End User License Agreement

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2 Table of Contents

3 Dedication

4 Title Page

5 Copyright

6 Acknowledgements

7 Endorsement Page

8 Introduction

9 Begin Reading

10 Conclusion

11 Bibliography

12 End User License Agreement

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To Colette,

queen of metamorphoses

Emanuele Coccia

Translated by Robin Mackay

polity

Originally published in French as Métamorphoses © 2020, Éditions Payot & Rivages

This English translation © 2021, Polity Press

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4568-1

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Coccia, Emanuele, author. | Mackay, Robin (Philosopher), translator.

Title: Metamorphoses / Emanuele Coccia ; translated by Robin Mackay.

Other titles: Métamorphoses. English

Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2021. | Translation of: Métamorphoses. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “A brilliant reflection on the interconnectedness of all life”-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020055364 (print) | LCCN 2020055365 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509545667 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509545674 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509545681 (epub) | ISBN 9781509547685 (pdf)