André Leroi-Gourhan: André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology, Evolution, and Social Life: A Selection of Texts and Writings from the 1930s to the 1970s
André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology, Evolution, and Social Life: A Selection of Texts and Writings from the 1930s to the 1970s
Buch
- A Selection of Writings from the 1930s to the 1960s
- Herausgeber: Nathan Schlanger
- Übersetzung: Nils F. Schott
- Bard Graduate Center, 01/2025
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781941792148
- Bestellnummer: 8836672
- Umfang: 350 Seiten
- Gewicht: 381 g
- Maße: 210 x 150 mm
- Stärke: 22 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 4.1.2025
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A selection of Leroi-Gourhan's most important texts--many translated into English for the first time.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.
