An edition of A foot in the river
(2015)
A foot in the river
why our lives change--and the limits of evolution
First edition.
by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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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 evidence.
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Culture, Philosophy, Social change, Social evolution, Human evolution, Human beings, History, Civilization| Edition | Availability |
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A foot in the river: why our lives change--and the limits of evolution
2015
in English
- First edition.
0198744420 9780198744429
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The weird planet
1. Challenging change
2. The frustration of science
3. The great reconvergence
4. The chimpanzees' tea party
5. The limits of evolution
6. The imaginative animal
7. Facing acceleration
8. Towards the planet of the apes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
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