The Invention of Technology: An Intellectual History with André Leroi-Gourhan - Couverture rigide

Schlanger, Nathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009562223 ISBN 13 : 9781009562225

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

What is technology? How and why did techniques – including materials, tools, processes and products – become central subjects of study in anthropology and archaeology? In this book, Nathan Schlanger explores the invention of technology through the work of the eminent ethnologist and prehistorian André Leroi-Gourhan (1911–1986), author of groundbreaking works such as Gesture and Speech. While employed at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, Leroi-Gourhan initially specialized in ethnographic studies of 'material civilizations'. By the 1950s, however, his approach broadened to encompass evolutionary and behavioral perspectives from history, biology, psychology and philosophy. Focused on the material dimensions of techniques, Leroi-Gourhan's influential investigations ranged from traditional craft activities to automated production. They also anticipated both the information age and the environmental crisis of today. Schlanger's study offers new insights into the complexity of Leroi-Gourhan's interdisciplinary research, methods, and results, spanning across the 20th century social sciences and humanities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nathan Schlanger is Professor of Archaeology at the École Nationale des chartes, Paris. He has published on a range of topics in prehistory, technology and material culture studies, the history of the humanities and social sciences, and international heritage management.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009562223
• ISBN 13: 9781009562225
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie