Materiality

by Lynn Meskell, Fred R. Myers, Matthew Engelke, et al.

Book Overview

Throughout history and across social and cultural contexts, most systems of belief--whether religious or secular--have ascribed wisdom to those who see reality as that which transcends the merely material. Yet, as the studies collected here show, the immaterial is not easily separated from the material. Humans are defined, to an extraordinary degree, by their expressions of immaterial ideals through material forms. The essays in Materiality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822335425
• ISBN13: 9780822335429
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"