{"product_id":"9781941792148-andrt-leroi-gourhan-on-technology","title":"André Leroi–Gourhan on Technology, Evolution, an – A Selection of Texts and Writings from the 1930s to the 1970s","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of Leroi-Gourhan’s most important texts—many translated into English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e André Leroi-Gourhan is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed figures of twentieth-century anthropology and archaeology. In France, his intellectual importance rivals that of the Claude Lévi-Strauss, yet Leroi-Gourhan’s major contributions are almost entirely unknown in the Anglophone world. This collection seeks to change that. This selection highlights some of his chief influences, such as elaborating a theory of technology, which argues that material culture focuses on the object in use and how use is a dynamic feature that has specific consequences for human evolution and human society. With serious ramifications for our understanding of material culture, putting Leroi-Gourhan’s thinking about technology into English will have an immediate and transformative impact on material culture studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56326812762486,"sku":"9781941792148","price":52.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36189862_6c7aa489-8691-4911-a3e9-5c29236991e2.jpg?v=1758748929","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781941792148-andrt-leroi-gourhan-on-technology","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}