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THE RISE AND FALL OF GENERATION NOW - TIM INGOL...

Is the future about to close in  or is it open to new horizons? For anthropologist Tim Ingold 
the root of our difficulty in facing up to the future lies in the way we think about
generations. We imagine them as layers  succeeding one another like sheets in a stack. This
view figures as a largely unquestioned backdrop to discussions of evolution  life and death 
longevity  extinction  sustainability  education  climate change  and other matters of
contemporary concern. What if we were to think of generations  instead  as wrapping around one
another along their length  more like fibres in a rope than stacked sheets? In this compelling
new book  Ingold argues that a return to the idea that life is forged in the collaboration of
overlapping generations might not only assuage some of our anxieties  but also offer a lasting
foundation for future coexistence. But it would mean having to abandon our faith both in the
inevitability of progress  and in the ability of science and technology to cushion humanity
from environmental impacts. A perfect world is not around the corner  nor will our troubles
ever end. Nevertheless  for as long as life continues  there is hope for generations to come.

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