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The 2012-phenomenon includes apocalyptic fantasies regarding an impending collapse of our contemporary society, supposedly prophesized by the ancient Maya and their Long Count calendar. Sometimes connections to the ancient Maya collapse... more
IL TERZO SCIMPANZÉ (Bollati Boringhieri, 2016)
L’evoluzione dell’animale umano spiegata ai ragazzi / Un saggio di Jared Diamond
di Cecily P. Flinn
L’evoluzione dell’animale umano spiegata ai ragazzi / Un saggio di Jared Diamond
di Cecily P. Flinn
Проспект книги эссе, посвященных интерпретации истории и культуры в рамках цивилизационного подхода. Помимо общего очерка в книгу включены эссе об Освальде Шпенглере, Йохане Хейзинге, Иммануиле Валлерстайне, Уильяме Мак-Ниле, Льве... more
İnsanoğlu varoluşundan beri sürekli hayatta kalma mücadelesi vermiş, bu mücadelenin sonunda birtakım yer değiştirmelerde bulunmuş ve farklı yaşam tarzları benimsemiştir. Günümüzde insanların ilk atalarının Afrika'da ortaya çıktığı ve... more
Going against both the naive techno-optimist of ‘greening business as usual’ and a resurgent ‘catastrophism’ within green thinking and politics, The Politics of Unsustainability offers an analysis of the causes of unsustainability and... more
Con le sue opere il biologo, antropologo e geografo Jared Diamond ha inaugurato un nuovo approccio di indagine dell'evoluzione storica dell'uomo improntata sul ruolo determinante dell'ambiente. Qui una critica all'approccio... more
During the Archaic period of Greek history Sparta had risen to become one of the two dominant powers in ancient Greece, subjugating four fifths of the Peloponnese on the back of its strong emphasis on military functionalism and... more
In this paper, I reflect on the theme of Neo-Lamarckian possibilism, which was grafted from the school of regional geography. I examine the proposed bilateral relationship between human societies and their natural environments that were... more
This paper draws from research on small-scale maize production in Mexico’s Central Highland region to discuss the geopolitical implications of everyday agricultural practices. An overwhelming majority of maize farmers in this region, as... more
[AMAZON LINK BELOW TO BOOK ITSELF -- TOC and book summary in downloadable .pdf] In the modern jungle of burgers, couches, and remote controls, obesity is an enormous and growing epidemic. Weight-loss books and diet gurus urge us to... more
The World until Yesterday was on the New York Times nonfic-tion bestseller list for several weeks—a record unmatched, as far as I can tell, by any book written recently by an anthropologist. The fictional forensic anthropologist... more
Environmental Philosophy has been used in developing countries as a lethal weapon against the small scale farmers. Emission trading and its lucrative offers leave almost all the academics "sold out" for the corporate capital. They... more
In Ecology, Writing Theory, and New Media: Writing Ecology. Ed. Sid Dobrin. New York: Routledge, 2012. 34-50. Routledge Series in Rhetoric and Communication.
Diverse societal aspects for innovation and accepting new technology matter: risk-taking, scientific debate, competition, institutions that are developmental but not domineering, and a patronage system that funds research.
In the post- corona age, liberal attitudes in the society would probably be supplanted by authoritarian policies. Is the question of "Big Government" is back? Will global solidarity lose its ground to nationalist ideologies?
There are inequalities in the distribution of technology and military and economicpower. In this paper a possible explanation based on biogeographic reasoning andadaptive strategy is examined.It is assumed that at the paleocene-holocene... more
Miniföreläsning för Kungliga Konsthögskolan. Om översvämningar, klimatförändringar, droppsmittor och de möjligheter som bor vid kunskapens gräns. Bibliogafi: Plinius, Natural History; Rosi Braidotti, The Posthuman; Jared Diamond,... more
In this essay, I draw on three intimate moments in my life as a feminist academic to explore the precarious yet powerful position of the graduate student in the politics of knowledge production. Our institutions may continue to generate... more