André Leroi-Gourhan on technology : a selection of writings from the 1930s to the 1960s /
André Leroi-Gourhan, Nathan Schlanger, Nils F. Schott.
Bok Engelsk 2024
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| Opplysninger | "André Leroi-Gourhan is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed figures of twentieth-century anthropology and archaeology. In France, his intellectual importance rivals that of the Claude Lévi-Strauss, yet Leroi-Gourhan's major contributions are almost entirely unknown in the Anglophone world. This collection seeks to change that. This selection highlights some of his chief influences, such as elaborating a theory of technology, which argues that material culture focuses on the object in use and how use is a dynamic feature that has specific consequences for human evolution and human society. With serious ramifications for our understanding of material culture, putting Leroi-Gourhan's thinking about technology into English will have an immediate and transformative impact on material culture studies"--
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| ISBN | 9781941792148
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