Where Are We Heading?: The Evolution of Humans and Things (Foundational Questions in Science) - Hardcover

Buch 2 von 4: Foundational Questions in Science

Hodder, Ian

 
9780300204094: Where Are We Heading?: The Evolution of Humans and Things (Foundational Questions in Science)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300204094 ISBN 13: 9780300204094
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

A theory of human evolution and history based on ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things

In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural selection. Instead, he proposes a theory of human evolution and history based on “entanglement,” the ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things.

Not only do humans become dependent on things, Hodder asserts, but things become dependent on humans, requiring an endless succession of new innovations. It is this mutual dependency that creates the dominant trend in both cultural and genetic evolution. He selects a small number of cases, ranging in significance from the invention of the wheel down to Christmas tree lights, to show how entanglement has created webs of human-thing dependency that encircle the world and limit our responses to global crises.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ian Hodder is an archaeologist and professor of anthropology at Stanford University. His most recent books are Entangled: An Archaeology of the Relationships Between Humans and Studies in Human-ThingEntanglement.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300204094
ISBN 13 
9780300204094
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
200
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