ISBN:
978-1-138-67585-8
,
978-1-138-67584-1
,
978-1-315-56039-7 /ebook
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiv, 355 pages.
Edition:
Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge Univesity Press, 1986. With new introduction
Series Statement:
Routledge Classic Texts in Anthropology 2
Keywords:
Evolution, soziale Evolution, menschliche
;
Kultur
;
Soziales Leben
;
Beziehungen, zwischenmenschliche
;
Bewußtsein
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Evolution is among the most central and most contested of ideas in the history of anthropology. This book charts the fortunes of the idea from the mid-nineteenth century to recent times. By comparing biological, historical, and anthropological approaches to the study of human culture and social life, it lays the foundation for their effective synthesis. Far ahead of its time when first published, the book anticipates debates at the forefront of contemporary thinking. Revisiting the work after almost thirty years, Tim Ingold offers a substantial new preface that describes how the book came to be written, how it was received and its bearing on later developments. Unique in scope and breadth of theoretical vision, Evolution and Social Life cuts across the boundaries of natural science and the humanities to provide a major contribution both to the history of anthropological and social thought, and to contemporary debate on the relationship between human nature, culture, and social life.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface to the 2016 editionPreface to the 1986 edition 1 The progress of evolution 2 Mankind ascending 3 The substance of history 4 Times of life 5 Chance, necessity and creativity 6 What is a social relationship? 7 Culture and consciousness
Note:
Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge Univesity Press, 1986. With new introduction
