The Extended Self : Architecture, Memes and Minds.

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In this wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, the author argues that underlying the global environmental crisis is a general resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based culture and its energy-hungry products. The book traces the roots of th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abel, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Architecture and society.
Architecture et société.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Architecture and society
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • THE EXTENDED SELF: ARCHITECTURE, MEMES AND MINDS: CHRIS ABEL; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Identities; 1 The common bond; 2 The body nucleus; 3 Embodied minds; Part I summary; Part II: Origins; 4 Technics and the human; 5 Rethinking evolution; 6 From genes to memes; Part II summary; Part III: Combinations; 7 Types and taxonomies; 8 Technical memes and assemblages; 9 Combinatorial design; Part III summary; Part IV: Transformations; 10 Recasting the extended self; 11 Appropriating cyberspace.
  • Part IV summaryPostscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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