Material Agency Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Approach /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Knappett, Carl (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Malafouris, Lambros (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Cultural heritage.; Philosophy and science.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Philosophy of Science.; Cultural Heritage.

Agency is a key theme that cross-cuts a wide raft of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and beyond; yet it is invariably discussed separately behind closed disciplinary doors. Within archaeology, agency has been characterized as a uniquely human attribute, and a means of incorporating in...

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