Overheating: An Anthropology of Accelerated Change Thomas Hylland Eriksen is an English-language study book that examines rapid social changes from an anthropological perspective. This work focuses on the challenges of globalization and the intertwining of environmental, economic, and identity crises.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen analyzes how the accelerating changes of modern times are experienced and addressed locally, despite their global scale. He highlights the tensions between the homogenizing forces of the information age and local social practices. By combining ethnographic methods with macro-social analysis, Overheating offers new insights into topics such as energy use, urbanization, inequality, and human mobility.
This book is relevant for students and professionals in social and cultural anthropology, development studies, and related social sciences who want to understand the dynamics of accelerated change.