The Butterfly Who Dreamt He Was a Man

Metamorphoses, Entomological and Human

Boria Sax (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2026
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
9781836391654 (ISBN)

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Insects reveal how we understand change, identity and the meaning of extinction.

From ancient fables to modern science, insects and their metamorphoses have long inspired human understanding of life’s transitions. This original and engaging book traces how these transformations have shaped rituals around birth, marriage and death, while also provoking deep questions about identity. Through stories that connect Zhuang Zhou’s butterfly dream to figures such as Kafka, Merian and Dürer, it explores the strange, beautiful and sometimes unsettling ways in which cultures have understood insects – as miracles, messengers or monsters. Blending humour, history and environmental insight, Boria Sax offers an imaginative lens on the growing crisis of insect extinction. More than just a natural history, this is a cultural and philosophical journey that shows why losing insects means losing part of ourselves.

Boria Sax teaches at Sing Sing prison and online in the graduate literature programme at Mercy University. He has published numerous books, many of which have won awards and been translated into multiple languages. His most recent is Enchanted Forests: The Poetic Construction of a World before Time (Reaktion, 2023).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2026
Zusatzinfo	41 illustrations, 13 in colour
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-13	9781836391654 / 9781836391654
Zustand	Neuware