The matter of history: how things create the past

"New insights into the microbiome, epigenetics, and cognition are radically challenging our very idea of what it means to be 'human', while an explosion of neo-materialist thinking in the humanities has fostered a renewed appreciation of the formative powers of a dynamic material envi...

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Main Author: LeCain, Timothy J. 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
Series:Studies in environment and history
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Summary:"New insights into the microbiome, epigenetics, and cognition are radically challenging our very idea of what it means to be 'human', while an explosion of neo-materialist thinking in the humanities has fostered a renewed appreciation of the formative powers of a dynamic material environment. The Matter of History brings these scientific and humanistic ideas together to develop a bold new post-anthropocentric understanding of the past, one that reveals how powerful organism and things help to create humans in all their dimensions, biological, social, and cultural."...Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xix, 346 Seiten Illustrationen. - 23 cm
ISBN:9781107134171
9781107592704

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