{"product_id":"9781441945129","title":"Material Agency: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Approach","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaterial Agency: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Approach\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKnappett, Carl; Malafouris, Lambros\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgency is a key theme that cross-cuts a wide raft of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and beyond; yet it is invariably discussed separately behind closed disciplinary doors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin archaeology, agency has been characterized as a uniquely human attribute, and a means of incorporating individual intentionality into theoretical discourse. In other domains, however, notions of non-human and ‘material’ agency have been finding currency, and it is our aim to introduce some of these themes into archaeology and develop a non-anthropocentric approach to agency. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is anticipated that such a perspective will not only help us achieve more convincing interpretations of the past, giving a more active role to material culture, but also throw new light on the changing role of artifacts in the present and the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a groundbreaking attempt to address questions of non-human and material agency from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines: archaeology, anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, philosophy, and economics. The editors and authors demostrate that a distributed, relational approach to agency, incorporating both humans and artifacts, has important ramifications for how we understand material culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-11-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781441945129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-387-74711-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 256\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49939703267468,"sku":"9781441945129","price":170.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781441945129.jpg?v=1779051688","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441945129","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}