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Gesture and Speech (Paperback)
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Gesture and Speech (Paperback)
Series: October Books
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Combines in one volume Technics and Language and Memory and
Rhythms, the cornerstones of Leroi-Gourhan's comprehensive theory
of human behavior and cultural development AndrA (c) Leroi-Gourhan
(1911-1986) was an anthropologist and paleontologist whose
theoretical endeavors extended well beyond those realms to
encompass the culture of the twentieth century and its most
advanced developments. His bold and coherent revision of both
analytic and archaeological methods revolutionized the study of
prehistoric culture. His adoption of the structuralist method for
the analysis of prehistoric art enabled a radical rethinking and
clearer understanding of its nature, with resulting implications
for the understanding of the art of our own times, and for a broad
range of contemporary issues.Leroi-Gourhan was, for example,
concerned with questions of communication, particularly the ways in
which new techniques of communication reshape our understanding of
language and writing. His work in this field has proved catalytic
for the thinking of other major theorists, among them Jacques
Derrida. Gesture and Speech combines in one volume Technics and
Language and Memory and Rhythms, which are the cornerstones of
Leroi-Gourhan's comprehensive theory of human behavior and cultural
development. In Technics and Language, Leroi-Gourhan looks at
prehistoric technology in relation to the development of cognitive
and linguistic faculties, expanding on the cultural ramifications
of erect posture, a short face, a free hand during locomotion, and
possession of movable implements.Memory and Rhythms approaches its
subject from the standpoints of sociology and aesthetics. Here
Leroi-Gourhan addresses the problems of instinct and intelligence.
He defines the relationship between aesthetic behavior, on the one
hand, and species attitudes and the personalization of ethnic
groups, on the other, and undertakes a sweeping aesthetic analysis
from visceral perception to figurative art, including a discussion
of the "language of forms" that makes figurative art an abstract
expression of language.
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