A foot in the river : why our lives change - and the limits of evolution /

We are a weird species. Like other species, we have a culture. But by comparison with other species, we are strangely unstable: human cultures self-transform, diverge, and multiply with bewildering speed. They vary, radically and rapidly, from time to time and place to place. And the way we live - o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Human beings > History.
Culture.
Human beings.
Êtres humains.
Êtres humains > Histoire.
Homo sapiens (species)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Culture
Human beings
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:We are a weird species. Like other species, we have a culture. But by comparison with other species, we are strangely unstable: human cultures self-transform, diverge, and multiply with bewildering speed. They vary, radically and rapidly, from time to time and place to place. And the way we live - our manners, morals, habits, experiences, relationships, technology, values - seems to be changing at an ever accelerating pace. The effects can be dislocating, baffling, sometimes terrifying. Why is this?In A Foot in the River, best-selling historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto sifts through the evidenc.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191061844
0191061840
0198744420
9780198744429

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