{"product_id":"landscapes-rock-art-and-the-dreaming-bruno-david-9781350345003","title":"Landscapes, Rock-Art and the Dreaming: An Archaeology of Preunderstanding","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe apparent timelessness of the Dreaming of Aboriginal Australia has long mystified European observers, conjuring images of an ancient people in harmony with their surroundings. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that the Dreaming's historical antiquity had never been explored by archaeologists prior to this study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this seminal text in rock-art research, now reissued with a new preface, Bruno David examines the archaeological evidence for Dreaming-mediated places, rituals and symbolism. What emerges is not a static culture, but a mode of conceiving the world that emerged in its recognizable form only about 1,000 years ago. This is a world of what the philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer has called pre-understanding, a condition of knowledge that shapes one's experience of the world. By tracing through time the archaeological visibility of one well known mode of pre-understanding - the Dreaming of Aboriginal Australia - the author argues that it is possible to scientifically explore an archaeology of pre-understanding; of body and mind, identity and Being-in-the-world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruno David\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350345008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350345003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Bruno David","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080052404479,"sku":"9781350345003","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c55d9755-d3ab-4252-9461-85a5954be437.jpg?v=1685484673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/landscapes-rock-art-and-the-dreaming-bruno-david-9781350345003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}