André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology: A Selection of Writings from the 1930s to the 1960s

By André Leroi-Gourhan

A selection of Leroi-Gourhan's most important texts--many translated into English for the first time.

Andr? 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 L?vi-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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941792146
• ISBN13: 9781941792148
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Bard Graduate Center
• Length: 350 Pages