{"product_id":"the-big-here-and-the-thomas-hylland-eriksen-9780745352220","title":"The Big Here and the Long Now: From Global Uniformity to the New Diversities","description":"\u003cp\u003e For thousands of years, humanity's story was one of diversification. Across centuries and continents, our species proliferated new approaches to family and community life; to agriculture, economics, religion, artistic expression, and self-understanding. Today, this process is in reverse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Culturally and ecologically, we are witnessing an almost universal drive towards homogeneity and the loss of diversity. The global forces of capitalism have created a world riddled with overlapping crises, with any alternatives pushed into the margins, narrowing the scope for action when we need it most. And yet its logic is never totalizing: contrary to Margaret Thatcher's famous mantra, there are many alternatives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Here and the Long Now\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the story of how our world of efficiency, standardization, and development optimism first came into being, and how promises of progress, growth, and prosperity have, in recent years, acquired a nasty aftertaste. The book concludes with hope and an exploration of creolization and hybridity. With biocultural diversity already being revived by activists and indigenous communities, from Manhattan to Micronesia, there are plenty of green shoots. Now they must be cultivated and nurtured. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Hylland Eriksen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745352227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745352220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Thomas Hylland Eriksen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520105361663,"sku":"9780745352220","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2505c292-79e0-4132-bb66-0eebf6f323d0.jpg?v=1778740780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-here-and-the-thomas-hylland-eriksen-9780745352220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}