| Description |
1 online resource (90 pages) |
| Series |
Praehistorica Mediterranea Ser. ; v. 7 |
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Praehistorica mediterranea ; vol. 7.
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| Contents |
Introduction ; PART I: A Brief History of Research: From neo-positivism to phenomenology and beyond ; Elusive technology and analytic dualism: between processual objectivism and post-processual idealism ; French and American anthropology of technology: synthetic dualism and the concept of the 'process' ; The chaîne opératoire approach: some theoretical remarks ; Symmetrical theory and the phenomenology of material culture ; PART II: Hegel and the Concept of Practice: Elements for a dialectical theory of technology ; Dialectics in contemporary archaeological and anthropological theory ; The dialectic of practice: reconsidering Hegel ; PART III: The Subject, the Object, and the Logical Structure of the Tool ; Heidegger's phenomenology or the tool as not a tool ; Hegel's tools: relationality, universality, and effectivity ; Epilogue ; References |
| Summary |
A critical review of recent trends in the archaeological and anthropological theory of technology from processual neo-positivism and postprocessual relativism to contemporary French and American anthropology, and the symmetrical theory of material culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Philosophy.
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Tools -- History -- Philosophy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Archaeology -- Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781789694055 |
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1789694051 |
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