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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812600803321

Autore

Thomas Julian

Titolo

Archaeology and modernity / / Julian Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-48695-2

1-134-48696-0

1-280-01951-4

0-203-59911-X

0-203-49111-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

930.1/01

Soggetti

Archaeology

Archaeology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The emergence of modernity and the constitution of archaeology -- Archaeology and the tensions of modernity -- The tyranny of method -- History and nature -- Nation-states -- Humanism and 'the individual' -- Depths and surfaces -- Mind, perception and knowledge -- Materialities -- Toward a counter-modern archaeology; difference, ethics, dialogue, finitude.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book to explore the relationship between archaeology and modern thought, showing how philosophical ideas that developed in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries still dominate our approach to the remains of ancient societies