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In Defense of Things - Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects (Hardcover)
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In Defense of Things - Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects (Hardcover)
Series: Archaeology in Society
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In much recent thinking, social and cultural realms are thought of
as existing prior to-or detached from-things, materiality, and
landscape. It is often assumed, for example, that things are
entirely 'constructed' by social or cultural perceptions and have
no existence in and of themselves. Bjornar Olsen takes a different
position. Drawing on a range of theories, especially phenomenology
and actor-network-theory, Olsen claims that human life is fully
mixed up with things and that humanity and human history emerge
from such relationships. Things, moreover, possess unique qualities
that are inherent in our cohabitation with them-qualities that help
to facilitate existential security and memory of the past. This
important work of archaeological theory challenges us to reconsider
our ideas about the nature of things, past and present,
demonstrating that objects themselves possess a dynamic presence
that we must take into account if we are to understand the world we
and they inhabit.
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