{"product_id":"the-invention-of-culture-roy-wagner-9780226423289","title":"The Invention of Culture","description":"In anthropology, a field that is known for its critical edge and intellectual agility, few books manage to maintain both historical value and contemporary relevance. Roy Wagner's \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1975, is one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wagner breaks new ground by arguing that culture arises from the dialectic between the individual and the social world. Rooting his analysis in the relationships between invention and convention, innovation and control, and meaning and context, he builds a theory that insists on the importance of creativity, placing people-as-inventors at the heart of the process that creates culture. In an elegant twist, he shows that this very process ultimately produces the discipline of anthropology itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tim Ingold's foreword to the new edition captures the exhilaration of Wagner's book while showing how the reader can journey through it and arrive safely--though transformed--on the other side. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022642328X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226423289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Roy Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981508903167,"sku":"9780226423289","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d45ca589-99cb-489a-a2a3-e7d7d607ab76.jpg?v=1683255998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-invention-of-culture-roy-wagner-9780226423289","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}