ISBN:
9780367476564
,
9780367030247
Language:
English
Pages:
317 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Literary criticism and cultural theory
DDC:
303.4
Keywords:
Social evolution
;
Social change
;
Literature and society
;
Soziale Evolution
;
Kultursoziologie
;
Kulturelle Evolution
Abstract:
Culture vs. anarchy -- Interchapter: modern medievalism -- Agency in the human hive -- The evolution of memeplexes -- The blue guitar and the uses of art -- The red scare and the idea of the university -- Past and present humanism -- Interchapter: why Aristotle would have won plenty of drachmae betting on college football bowl games -- The technological singularity and artificial unintelligence.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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