LEADER 02714nam 22004455 450 001 9910793005003321 005 20220415003354.0 010 $a0-300-24039-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300240399 035 $a(CKB)4100000007009912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5555339 035 $a(DE-B1597)536163 035 $a(OCoLC)1057697308 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300240399 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007009912 100 $a20191126d2018 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhere Are We Heading? $eThe Evolution of Humans and Things /$fIan Hodder 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 179 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aFoundational Questions in Science 311 0 $a0-300-20409-4 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Question --$t2. The Idea of Progress --$t3. Does Biological Evolution Provide an Answer? --$t4. Humans and Things --$t5. Webs of Dependency --$t6. The Generation of Change --$t7. Path Dependence and Two Forms of Directionality --$t8. Why the Question Matters --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aA theory of human evolution and history based on ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural selection. Instead, he proposes a theory of human evolution and history based on "entanglement," the ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things. Not only do humans become dependent on things, Hodder asserts, but things become dependent on humans, requiring an endless succession of new innovations. It is this mutual dependency that creates the dominant trend in both cultural and genetic evolution. He selects a small number of cases, ranging in significance from the invention of the wheel down to Christmas tree lights, to show how entanglement has created webs of human-thing dependency that encircle the world and limit our responses to global crises. 410 0$aFoundational questions in science. 606 $aMaterial culture 615 0$aMaterial culture. 676 $a306 700 $aHodder$b Ian$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0207943 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793005003321 996 $aWhere Are We Heading$93866508 997 $aUNINA