ISBN:
9781845454081
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1845454081
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 140 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version All Tomorrow's Cultures : Anthropological Engagements with the Future
Keywords:
Future in popular culture
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Anthropology Philosophy
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Anthropology ; Philosophy
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Future, The, in popular culture
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Electronic books
Abstract:
How will we live in the future? Are we moving towards global homogeneity? Will the world succumb to the global spread of fast food and Hollywood movies? Or are there other possibilities? In this book, Samuel Collins argues not only for the importance of the future of culture, but also stresses its centrality in anthropological thought over the last century. Beginning with 19th-century anthropology and continuing today in the work of anthropologies of emergent sciences, anthropologists have not only used their knowledge of present cultural configurations to speculate on future culture but have
Description / Table of Contents:
00 front Collins.indd.pdf; 00 intro Collins.indd.pdf; 01 chap Collins.indd.pdf; 02 chap Collins.indd.pdf; 03 chap Collins.indd.pdf; 04 chap Collins.indd.pdf; 05 chap Collins.indd.pdf; 06 chap Collins.indd.pdf; 07 chap Collins.indd.pdf; 08 references Collins.indd.pdf; 09 index Collins.indd.pdf
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-137) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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