vol.34,no.2 (June 2017)

• Homo and the end of certainties
• The sovereign uncertainty of evolution
• The sense of historical direction in question: criticism of the notions of adaptation and directed evolution
• Trial of uncertainties: between convergence and divergence
• A clash of mentalities: uncertainty, creativity, and complexity in times of upheaval
• Temporality, uncertainty and historiography
• The three figures of chance in economy
• Risk and dealing with uncertainty in modern times
• Questioning world risk society: three challenges for research on the governance of uncertainty
• The debate on Amazonia in Brazil: prospective and hazards