Time, Culture and Identity: An Interpretative Archaeology

by Julian Thomas

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134641659
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/2002
Series:	Material Cultures
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'[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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