1st Edition

Evolution and Social Life

By Tim Ingold Copyright 2016
380 Pages
by Routledge

380 Pages
by Routledge

380 Pages
by Routledge

Evolution is among the most central and most contested of ideas in the history of anthropology. This book charts the fortunes of the idea from the mid-nineteenth century to recent times. By comparing biological, historical, and anthropological approaches to the study of human culture and social life, it lays the foundation for their effective synthesis. Far ahead of its time when first published,... Read more

Preface to the 2016 edition
Preface to the 1986 edition

1 The progress of evolution 

2 Mankind ascending 

3 The substance of history 

4 Times of life 

5 Chance, necessity and creativity 

6 What is a social relationship? 

7 Culture and consciousness

Biography

Tim Ingold is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. His books for Routledge include Lines: A Brief History (2007), The Perception of the Environment (reissued 2011), Being Alive (2011) and Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture (2013).