Andre Leroi–Gourhan on Technology, Evolution, an – A Selection of Texts and Writings from the 1930s to the 1970s

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.

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André Leroi-Gourhan (1911

Product details

• Authors: André Leroi-Gourhan, Andre Leroi–gourhan, Nathan Schlanger, Nils F. Schott
• Assisted by: Nathan Schlanger (Editor), Nils F Schott (Translation), Nils F. Schott (Translation)
• Publisher: Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2025
• EAN: 9781941792148
• ISBN: 978-1-941792-14-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Bard Graduate Center - Cultura
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology