The Rise and Fall of Generation Now

by Tim Ingold

Is the future about to close in, or is it open to new horizons? For anthropologist Tim Ingold, the root of our difficulty in facing up to the future lies in the way we think about generations. We imagine them as layers, succeeding one another like sheets in a stack. This view figures as a largely unquestioned backdrop to discussions of evolution, life and death, longevity, extinction, sustainability, education, climate change and other matters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509556605
• ISBN13: 9781509556601
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.8"