André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology: A Selection of Writings from the 1930s to the 1960s (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781941792148)

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.

Author: André Leroi-Gourhan
ISBN-10: 1941792146
ISBN-13: 9781941792148
Publisher: Bard Graduate Center
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2024
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover