The species concept is a recurrent controversial issue that preoccupies philosophers as well as biologists of all disciplines.
But the extremely private, even mysterious Mr. Coetzee (pronounced kut-SEE-uh), though given a platform to express his thoughts on topics that preoccupy him, like literature, politics and animal rights, chose instead to embody his ideas more obliquely, in a work of fiction.
The book has 140 full-color reproductions and is divided into eight sections -- comprised of topics that preoccupy Olivieri.
But Martí was also the first major writer to put his finger on the precise topic that has preoccupied the Latin American imagination ever since.
He recalls being asked, over a decade ago, to chair a panel at the World Economic Forum and settled on a topic that was preoccupying him greatly: how societies remember and forget, when and how we decide it is time to move on from the past, and what implications this has for the pursuit of justice.
Refreshingly, Taylor and Bowker eschew an anachronistic condemnation of Orwell's attitude toward Jews, a topic that has recently preoccupied Orwell revisionists.
Volunteers cook pasta, and Sanders gives talks on the topics that have preoccupied him since he first took office: the importance of health care and the inequities of a capitalist economy.
Health care workers are aware of the issue of patient safety that preoccupies many patients.
That's the sort of thing that preoccupies industry types.
The essence that preoccupies Mr. Jones these days is beauty.
It is distance, though, that preoccupies the eye.
