Format:
XXII, 369 S.
,
graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780691160399
Series Statement:
The University Center for Human Values series
Content:
"This is a successor work to Why the West Rules for Now, in which Morris once again advances an ambitious account of how certain 'brute material forces' limit and help determine the 'culture, values, and beliefs,' including the moral codes, that humans have adopted over the last 20,000 years. The present volume originated as Ian Morris's Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered at Princeton University in November of 2012"...Introduction
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
,
Geography
,
Ethnology
,
General works
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Energiequelle
;
Gesellschaft
;
Energievorrat
;
Fossiler Brennstoff
;
Rohstoffreserve
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Wertordnung
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Geschichte
;
Kulturelle Evolution
;
Gesellschaftsordnung
;
Wertordnung
;
Energiequelle
;
Auswirkung
;
Soziokultureller Wandel
;
Geschichte
URL:
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10419.html
Author information:
Morris, Ian 1960-
Author information:
Macedo, Stephen 1957-
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