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.

Info autore

André Leroi-Gourhan (1911

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: André Leroi-Gourhan, Andre Leroi–gourhan, Nathan Schlanger, Nils F. Schott
• Con la collaborazione di: Nathan Schlanger (Editore), Nils F Schott (Traduzione), Nils F. Schott (Traduzione)
• Editore: Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.08.2025
• EAN: 9781941792148
• ISBN: 978-1-941792-14-8
• Pagine: 268
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 236 mm x 24 mm
• Peso: 588 g
• Serie: Bard Graduate Center - Cultura
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia