Where Are We Heading:The Evolution of Humans and Things pdf

伊恩·霍德 (Ian Hodder) 是斯坦福大学邓利维家族考古学教授。 作为英国科学院院士，他因其成就获得了无数奖项，包括瑞典古物学会颁发的奥斯卡蒙特利乌斯奖章、皇家人类学研究所颁发的赫胥黎纪念奖章、菲森国际奖和考古学协会颁发的金质奖章。 美国研究所，以及布里斯托大学和莱顿大学的名誉博士学位。 霍德是许多书籍的作者，包括行动中的符号（剑桥，1982 年）、阅读过去（剑桥，1982 年）和纠缠：人类与事物之间关系的考古学（2012 年）。

Where Are We Heading:The Evolution of Humans and Things pdf 伊恩·霍德

In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural selection. Instead, he proposes a theory of human evolution and history based on “entanglement,” the ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things. Not only do humans become dependent on things, Hodder asserts, but things become dependent on humans, requiring an endless succession of new innovations. It is this mutual dependency that creates the dominant trend in both cultural and genetic evolution. He selects a small number of cases, ranging in significance from the invention of the wheel down to Christmas tree lights, to show how entanglement has created webs of human-thing dependency that encircle the world and limit our responses to global crises.