Acceleration and Cultural Change

This open access book includes socio-anthropological and anthropo-sociological conversations between one of the world's leading anthropologists, Thomas Hyland Eriksen, and a young scholar, using his groundbreaking "overheating" approach.This book includes socio-anthropological and anthropo-sociological conversations betweenone of the world's leading anthropologists, Thomas Hyland Eriksen, and a young scholar, using his groundbreaking"overheating" approach. From the pandemic to the spread of nationalism, from the Anthropocene to the Homogenocene, the authors discuss the most urgent issues of current society: e.g., the loss ofbiological and cultural diversity owing to the forces of globalisation; and the emergence of new forms ofdiversity through globalisation and migration;the intersectional dimension of climate change; the incredible rising of anger demonstrations around the world and resentful, overheated identities often linked to right-wing nationalism;the way digital devices have changed the meaning of temporality in people's life-worlds; theregulatory and competitive pressures on universities which are a result of many factors in the intersection of globalisation, massification and marketisation; youth'sweakened belief in progress connected tochanges in the contemporary world, such as growing inequality, political alienation and environmental destruction; recentpathbreaking research and original theory in sociology and anthropology related to the changes in an overheated world;and what post-Coronavirus social life might become. Highly topical, engaging and written in a conversational style, this book is a must-read for social scientists and discerning lay persons who want a fresh perspective on understanding the critical issues of our time.This is an open access book.