On Insignificance - The Loss of Meaning in the Post-Material Age

Summary

Focussing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives.

Product details

• Authors: Massimo Leone, Massimo (University of Turin Leone, Leone Massimo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2019
• EAN: 9781138618312
• ISBN: 978-1-138-61831-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Anthropology, Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Philosophy: aesthetics, Social and cultural anthropology