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082 0 4 _a306
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100 1 _aHodder, Ian,
245 1 0 _aWhere are we heading? :
_bthe evolution of humans and things /
_cIan Hodder.
264 1 _aNew Haven :
_bYale University Press ;
_a[West Conshohocken, PA] :
_bTempleton Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _axvi, 179 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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386 _mGender group:
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_aMen
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386 _mNationality/regional group:
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_aCalifornians
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386 _mOccupational/field of activity group:
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_aUniversity and college faculty members
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386 _mOccupational/field of activity group:
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_aArchaeologists
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490 1 _aFoundational questions in science
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-167) and index.
505 0 _aThe question -- The idea of progress -- Does biological evolution provide an answer? -- Humans and things -- Webs of dependency -- The generation of change -- Path dependence and two forms of directionality -- Why the question matters.
520 _a"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."--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aMaterial culture.
650 0 _aSocial evolution.
650 0 _aHuman evolution.
830 0 _aFoundational questions in science.
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