Space, time and man : a prehistorian's view

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Space, time and man : a prehistorian's view

Grahame Clark

Cambridge University Press, 1992

  • : hardback
  • pbk

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Includes bibliography (p. 155-161) and index

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: hardback ISBN 9780521400657

内容説明

Grahame Clark is an eminent prehistoric archaeologist, and his latest book looks at how man has increased his understanding of space and time far beyond that of his primate forebears through technology, social organisation, and, above all, through his capacity for abstract thought. Even Palaeolithic peoples had long outstripped their forebears in comprehending time and space. While people in pre-industrial societies, fully aware of these dimensions, were nevertheless severely hampered by their circumscribed social and cultural worlds. The advance of geographical discovery and the beginning of recorded history marks the transition to modern times, and expanded horizons of time and space. In the late twentieth century, through natural science, we are able to extend our horizons even further, to outer space and seek to understand our place in the cosmos.
巻冊次

pbk ISBN 9780521467629

内容説明

Human understanding of time and space has been developing since the most primitive societies began to record an awareness of their history and environment. Grahame Clark, a distinguished prehistorian, describes that process and its extension with the emergence of technology, social organisation and the capacity for abstract thought. Moving from preliterate to civilised societies, he charts the various phases of transition, marked most notably by the growth of geographical discovery culminating in the circumnavigation of the earth, and the growth of a deeper, more critical view of human history. Our own period takes this fascinating account into the exploration of outer space and the search for an understanding of man's place in the cosmos.

目次

  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. From animal ecology to human history
  • 2. Space in preliterate societies
  • 3. Time in preliterate societies
  • 4. Civilization and the expansion of space
  • 5. Civilization and the deepening of historical time
  • 6. Evolution and world prehistory
  • 7. Extraterrestrial space and time
  • 8. Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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