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The big here and the long now : from global uniformity to the new diversities / Thomas Hylland Eriksen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Umistelige. English
- Language:
- English
- Norwegian
- Subjects (All):
- Biodiversity--Political aspects.
- Biodiversity.
- Biodiversity--Economic aspects.
- Environmentalism.
- Globalization--Environmental aspects.
- Globalization.
- Human ecology.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 310 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Las Vegas, NV : Pluto Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "For thousands of years, humanity's story was one of diversification. Across centuries and continents our species proliferated new approaches to family and community life; to agriculture, economics, religion, artistic expression and self-understanding. Today, this process is in reverse. Culturally and ecologically, we are witnessing an almost universal drive towards homogeneity and the loss of diversity. The global forces of capitalism have created a world riddled with overlapping crises, with any alternatives pushed into the margins, narrowing the scope for action just when we need it most. And yet its logic is never totalising: contrary to Margaret Thatcher's famous mantra, there are many alternatives. The Big Here and the Long Now begins with the story of how our world of efficiency, standardisation and development optimism first came into being; and how promises of progress, growth and prosperity have, in recent years, acquired a nasty aftertaste. The book concludes with hope, and an exploration of creolisation and hybridity. With biocultural diversity already being revived by activists and indigenous communities, from Manhattan to Micronesia, there are plenty of green shoots. Now they must be cultivated and nurtured"--Amazon website.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Norwegian as Det umistelige: fra global ensretting til et nytt mangfold by Aschehoug in 2024" -- title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780745352220
- 0745352227
- OCLC:
- 1535771233
- Publisher Number:
- 90104338814
- CIPO000352758
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