{"product_id":"the-big-here-and-the-long-now-from-global-uniformity-to-the-new-diversities-9780745352220","title":"The Big Here and the Long Now: From Global Uniformity to the New Diversities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Truly an inspiration. Only someone of Eriksen's stature could write this call to action with such authority and lucidity' \u003c\/b\u003eCaroline Knowles, author of \u003ci\u003eSerious Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thousands of years, humanity's story was one of diversification. Across centuries and continents, our species proliferated new approaches to family and community life; to agriculture, economics, religion, artistic expression, and self-understanding. Today, this process is in reverse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulturally and ecologically, we are witnessing an almost universal drive towards homogeneity and the loss of diversity. The global forces of capitalism have created a world riddled with overlapping crises, pushing alternatives to the margins and narrowing the scope for action just when we need it most. And yet its logic is never totalizing: contrary to Margaret Thatcher's famous mantra, there are many alternatives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Here and the Long Now\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the story of how our world of efficiency, standardization, and development optimism first came into being; and how promises of progress, growth, and prosperity have, in recent years, acquired a nasty aftertaste. The book concludes with hope, and an exploration of creolization and hybridity. With biocultural diversity already being revived by activists and indigenous communities from Manhattan to Micronesia, there are plenty of green shoots. Now they must be cultivated and nurtured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Hylland Eriksen\u003c\/b\u003e (1962--2024) was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He was among the most highly cited anthropologists of his generation, and his classic book\u003ci\u003e Small Places, Large Issues\u003c\/i\u003e remains a cornerstone in anthropology courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Hylland Eriksen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745352220","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46939964014729,"sku":"9780745352220","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6a45f201-697c-4164-a260-eadc70d7b56c.jpg?v=1781662516","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-big-here-and-the-long-now-from-global-uniformity-to-the-new-diversities-9780745352220","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}