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The Material Life of Human Beings
Artifacts, Behavior and Communication
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In this ground-breaking work, the distinguished anthropological theorist, Michael Brian Schiffer, presents a profound challenge to the social sciences. Through a broad range of examples, he demonstrates how theories of behaviour and communication have too often ignored the fundamental importance of objects in human life.In The Material Life of Human Beings, the author builds upon the premise that the most important feature of human life is not language but the relationships which take place between people and objects. The author shows that artifacts are involved in all modes of human communication - be they visual, auditory or tactile. By creatively folding elements of postmodernist thought into a scientific framework, he creates new concepts and models for understanding and analysing communication and behavior. Challenging established theories within the social sciences, Michael Brian Schiffer offers a reassessment of the centrality of materiality to everyday life. less
Taylor and Francis; January 2002
173 pages; ISBN 9781134637256
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173 pages; ISBN 9781134637256
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Subject categories
- Academic > Anthropology > Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology > Cultural traits, customs, and institutions > Technology. Material culture, Including food, shelter, fire, tools, etc.
- Social Science > Anthropology > Cultural
- Psychology & Psychiatry > Social Psychology
- Language Arts & Disciplines > Communication
- Archaeology
ISBNs
0203030540
9780203030547
9780415200325
9781134637249
9781134637256
