Time, Culture and Identity
An Interpretative Archaeology
1st Edition
Published on 29. October 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-415-19787-8 (ISBN)
Description
Time, Culture and Identity questions the modern western distinctions between:
* nature and culture
* mind and body
* object and subject.
Drawing on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Julian Thomas develops a way of writing about the past in which time is seen as central to the emergence of the identities of people and objects.
* nature and culture
* mind and body
* object and subject.
Drawing on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Julian Thomas develops a way of writing about the past in which time is seen as central to the emergence of the identities of people and objects.
Reviews / Votes
'[It is] of profound importance ... This book is a good one to start a reader tapping into the thinking currently taking place.' - The LeyHunter Journal'...this book may well convert some previously 'doubting Thomas' to post-processualism.' - History Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
433 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-19787-8 (9780415197878)
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Person
Julian Thomas is Lecturer in Archaeology at Southampton University. He is the Secretary of the World Archaeological Congress. His previous publications include Rethinking the Neolithic(1991) and numerous articles on European prehistory and archaeological theory.
Content
Introduction PART ONE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY? 1 After Descartes: Archaeology, culture and nature 2 Time and the subject 3 Material things and their temporality 4 Place and temporality PART TWO: THREE HISTORIES 5 The descent of the British Neolithic 6 Later Neolithic Britain: Artefacts with personalities 7 Time, place and tradition: Mount Pleasant Afterword: Archaeology and meaning