André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology - A Selection of Writings from the 1930s to the 1960s

von Nathan Schlanger, André Leroi-Gourhan, Nils F. Schott

268 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Archäologie
• ISBN: 9781941792148
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.06.2025
• Größe: 236 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department