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The Extended Self : Architecture, Memes and Minds. Cover Image

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The Extended Self : Architecture, Memes and Minds

Summary: In this wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, the author argues that underlying the global environmental crisis is a general resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based culture and its energy-hungry products. The book traces the roots of that culture to the coevolution of Homo sapiens and technology, from the first use of tools as artificial extensions of the human body, to the motorised cities spreading around the world, whose uncontrolled effects are changing the planet itself. Advancing a new concept of the meme, called the 'techni.

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ISBN: 9780719096112
ISBN: 0719096111
ISBN: 071909612X
ISBN: 9780719096129
ISBN: 9781526114297
ISBN: 1526114291
Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 pages)
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Publisher: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:august.17 Description based upon print version of record. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part IV summaryPostscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.