Conserving Cultures : Technology, Globalization, and the Future of Local Cultures
by
Harry Redner
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0742527344
ISBN-13
9780742527348
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 13th, 2004
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
381 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Sociology & anthropology
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Redner, a wide ranging Australian academic who spend most of his career at Monash University, considers the loss of traditional and local cultures under the juggernaut of global consumerism to be as devastating to humans as the loss of biological diversity is to the environment. He examines what glo
As the forests are felled, cultures are destroyed. In our technological civilization, the forces of globalization are a threat to both nature and culture. The many and varied cultures of the world are beset by the homogenizing impact of the global media, which represents the triumph of technics. The fate can only be averted by a concerted effort at culture conservation. Nature and culture must be protected to preserve a humanly habitable world. Conserving Cultures is the first book to link nature and culture conservation. The threat to nature is now well understood, how it relates to cultures is not. This book both describes and analyzes theoretically the danger to culture and proposes practical remedial measures.
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