The Life of Things, the Love of Things

by Remo Bodei

Book Overview

From prehistoric stone tools, to machines, to computers, things have traveled a long road along with human beings. Changing with the times, places, and methods of their production, emerging from diverse histories, and enveloped in multiple layers of meaning, things embody ideas, emotions, and symbols of which we are often unaware.

The meaning of "thing" is richer than that of "object," which is something that is manipulated with indifference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823264432
• ISBN13: 9780823264438
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.4"