Daniel R. Brooks, Salvatore J. Agosta

A Darwinian Survival Guide

Hope for the Twenty-First Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780262553957
• ISBN-10: 0262553953
• Artikelnr.: 75159509

Autorenporträt

Daniel R. Brooks and Salvatore J. Agosta

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
1 Introduction 1
2 How Does Nature Work? Inheritance Systems 15
3 How Does Nature Work? Ecosystems 39
4 Humans: The Early Days 59
5 The Late Pleistocene: The Rise of Homo Sapiens 79
6 After the Ice Age: The Great Transition 89
7 The Neolithic Period: The Great Amplification 101
8 Institutionalizing Society: The Great Tragedy 117
9 Overspending as a Way of Life: Inflection and Acceleration 145
10 How Humans Should Interact with the Rest of the Biosphere 165
11 Convivial Conservation in an Evolutionary Commons: Costa Rica’s Green
Phoenix 193
12 How Humans Should Interact with Each Other 205
13 How Humans Should Interact with Their Institutions 231
14 Autumn of the Anthropocene: Hope for Now, Hope for the Future 255
Acknowledgments 271
Selected Readings 273
Index 335