ISBN: 9780335208555

This book examines the relationships between society and material culture: the interaction between people and things. Tim Dant argues that the traditional approach to material culture has… More...

This book examines the relationships between society and material culture: the interaction between people and things. Tim Dant argues that the traditional approach to material culture has focused on the symbolic meanings of objects, largely overlooking the material impact that objects have on everyday life in late modernity. Dant resists the now well-established model of consumption as the principal relationship with `things'' in our lives. Using the motor car as a recurring theme, he shows how we confront our society through material interaction with the objects that surround us. Materiality and Society draws on debates with historical, philosophical and theoretical discourses that address materiality, from Braudel and Merleau-Ponty to Heidegger and Latour. The book opens up new lines of enquiry and makes a convincing case for the closer study of the interaction between people and things. This book is key reading for students and researchers in a variety of disciplines concerned with social relationships with things '' including sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and technology studies. Psychology & Psychiatry Psychology & Psychiatry eBook, McGraw-Hill Education<

ISBN: 033520855X

[EAN: 9780335208555], Neubuch, [PU: Open University Press], TIM DANT,EDUCATION AND REFERENCE,SOCIOLOGY, Social Science|Anthropology|General, Social Science|Sociology|General, 184 pages. D… More...

[EAN: 9780335208555], Neubuch, [PU: Open University Press], TIM DANT,EDUCATION AND REFERENCE,SOCIOLOGY, Social Science|Anthropology|General, Social Science|Sociology|General, 184 pages. Dimensions: 8.8in. x 5.9in. x 0.6in.The traditional approach to culture focuses on the symbolic meanings of objects rather than the impact that these objects have on contemporary life. Using the car as a recurring theme, Tim Dant challenges the well-established idea that consumption is the principal relationship with things in our lives and argues that it is through material interaction with the objects around us that we confront our society. Drawing on, and debating with, historical, philosophical, and theoretical discourses that address materiality, this book is of interest to students and researchers in a variety of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and technology studies. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 033520855X

The traditional approach to culture focuses on the symbolic. meanings of objects rather than the impact that these objects. have on contemporary life. Using the car as a recurring theme, … More...

The traditional approach to culture focuses on the symbolic. meanings of objects rather than the impact that these objects. have on contemporary life. Using the car as a recurring theme, . Tim Dant challenges the well-established idea that consumption. is the principal relationship with things in our lives and. argues that it is through material interaction with the objects. around us that we confront our society.. Drawing on, and debating with, historical, philosophical, and. theoretical discourses that address materiality, this book is of. interest to students and researchers in a variety of disciplines, . including sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and. technology studies.. Livre - Livre, [PU: Open University]<

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