{"product_id":"the-human-scaffold-9780520380486","title":"The Human Scaffold","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHumanity has precipitated a planetary crisis of resource consumptiona crisis of stuff. So ingrained is our stuff-centric view that we can barely imagine a way out beyond substituting a new portmanteau of material things for the one we have today.   In The Human Scaffold, anthropologist Josh Berson offers a new theory of adaptation to environmental change. Drawing on niche construction, evolutionary game theory, and the enactive view of cognition, Berson considers cases in the archaeology of adaptation in which technology in the conventional sense was virtually absent. Far from representing anomalies, these cases exemplify an enduring feature of human behavior that has implications for our own fate.   The time has come to ask what the environmental crisis demands of us not as consumers but as biological beings. The Human Scaffold offers a starting point.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Berson's mind is on display in all its brilliance and eccentricity. Be prepared. . . . Berson's analytical discernment of contemporary culture burying ourselves with ‘stuff’ and mindlessly devouring the world's natural resources rings with descriptive eloquence. . . . Keep writing, Josh Berson. We need you.\" * National Catholic Reporter Online *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface: Living Epiphytically\u003cbr\u003e Kansha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Treadmills\u003cbr\u003e 2. Scaffolds\u003cbr\u003e 3. Equilibria\u003cbr\u003e 4. Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e 4boro. Landscapes and Scaffolds\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ditch Kit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: Foaminess\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Sources\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402949271895,"sku":"9780520380486","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520380486.jpg?v=1730481939","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-human-scaffold-9780520380486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}