Man, Energy, and Anthropology

I Can Feel the Heat, But Where's the Light

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7181964
AutoresRichard N Adams (0000-0001-8253-9840, The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia)
Año1978
Volumen80
Número2
Páginas297-309
Fecha de publicación1978-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/aa.1978.80.2.02a00030
OpenAlexW2073463128
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas13

Anthropology should deal with man holistically, but has failed to do so. The field is unfortunately split between mentalistic and materialistic schools and has not developed a theory to cope with the complexity of large contemporary societies. Energy similarly has been little studied by anthropology because there has been no theory sufficient for the purpose. The thermodynamics of structures far from equilibrium and the dissipative structure model of Ilya Prigogine offer a method for both studying energy in society and dealing with society as a whole. Anthropologists are urged to pursue study of this area because it is critical for an understanding of human destiny . [energy, holism, materialism‐mentalism, dissipative structures, complex societies

Creatures · Destiny (ISS module · Dissipative system · Energy (signal processing · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Holism · Ilya · Materialism · Physics · Sociology · Thermodynamics · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · History · Mathematics · Philosophy