The Extended Self Architecture Memes and Minds 1st Edition by Chris Abel ISBN 071909612X 978-0719096129

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ISBN 10:  071909612X 

ISBN 13: 978-0719096129

Author: Chris Abel

In his wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, Chris Abel argues that, despite progress in sustainable development and design, resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based and energy-hungry culture is impeding efforts to avert drastic climate change. 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 ‘technical meme’, as the primary agent of cognitive extension and technical embodiment, Abel proposes a theory of the ‘extended self’ encompassing material and spatial as well as psychological and social elements, which now reaches out into the virtual world of cyberspace. 

Drawing upon research from philosophy, psychology and the neurosciences, the book presents a new approach to environmental and cultural studies. Written in a clear and engaging manner, it addresses a broad readership searching for insights into the origins of the environmental crisis.

Table of contents: 

Part I: Identities
The Common Bond

The Body Nucleus

Embodied Minds
Summary of Part I

Part II: Origins
Technics and the Human

Rethinking Evolution

From Genes to Memes
Summary of Part II

Part III: Combinations
Types and Taxonomies

Technical Memes and Assemblages

Combinatorial Design
Summary of Part III

Part IV: Transformations
Recasting the Extended Self

Appropriating Cyberspace
Summary of Part IV

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