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OverviewIn 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 that culture to the coevolution of Homo sapiens and Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chris Abel , Bethan HirstPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.885kg ISBN: 9780719096112ISBN 10: 0719096111 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 13 November 2014 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I 1. The common bond 2. The body nucleus 3. Embodied minds PART II 4. Technics and the human 5. Rethinking evolution 6. From genes to memes PART III 7. Types and taxonomies 8. Technical memes and assemblages 9. Combinatorial design PART IV 10. Recasting the extended self 11. Appropriating cyberspace Postscript Bibliography Index -- .Reviews'I have known Chris Abel for many years and I have always found his writing challenging and illuminating. This, his magnum opus, is an extensive and thought-provoking work. It is an admirable attempt to break free of accepted modes of thinking and brings a fresh line of enquiry to the symbiotic relationships between man, nature and technology. No single discipline has the answer to the world's environmental crisis and Chris brings an encyclopedic knowledge to bear on its origins, exploring the concept of the extended self through philosophy, literature, genetics, architecture and cybernetics, weaving his way through many more interrelated subjects and issues to expound his theory.' Sir Norman Foster -- Sir Norman Foster. 'I have known Chris Abel for many years and I have always found his writing challenging and illuminating. This, his magnum opus, is an extensive and thought-provoking work. It is an admirable attempt to break free of accepted modes of thinking and brings a fresh line of enquiry to the symbiotic relationships between man, nature and technology. No single discipline has the answer to the world's environmental crisis and Chris brings an encyclopedic knowledge to bear on its origins, exploring the concept of the extended self through philosophy, literature, genetics, architecture and cybernetics, weaving his way through many more interrelated subjects and issues to expound his theory.' Norman Foster -- Norman Foster. Author InformationChris Abel is Honorary Visiting Professor at Ulster University Belfast and a member of the International Committee of Architectural Critics. -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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