The Material Life of Human Beings: Artifacts, Behavior and Communication

by Michael Brian Schiffer

Book Overview

In this ground-breaking work, the distinguished anthropological theorist, Michael Brian Schiffer, presents a profound challenge to the social sciences. Through a broad range of examples, he demonstrates how theories of behaviour and communication have too often ignored the fundamental importance of objects in human life.
In The Material Life of Human Beings, the author builds upon the premise that the most important feature of human life is not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415200334
• ISBN13: 9780415200332
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"