In this fascinating, original, and meticulously researched book, Quintana Navarrete offers compelling insights on the roles of scientific discourse and utopian thinking through his exploration of both familiar and lesser-known works of the Mexican postrevolutionary period. Biocosmism opens new angles of debate and exploration in Mexican studies and in the humanities more broadly."—Susan Antebi, author of Embodied Archive: Disability in Post-Revolutionary Mexican Cultural Production"In Biocosmism, Quintana Navarrete paints a provocative landscape where the anthropocentric focus on creating a new citizen is put aside, and speculations on the consciousness, agency, and creativity of natural forms become central to postrevolutionary utopian imagination." —Laura Torres-RodrÍguez, author of Orientaciones transpacÍficas: la modernidad mexicana y el espectro de Asia