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200 14$aThe material life of human beings $eartifacts, behavior, and communication /$fMichael Brian Schiffer with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1999
215   $a1 online resource (173 pages)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-415-20033-4 
311   $a0-415-20032-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [129]-150) and index.
327   $aWhat is human behavior? -- Artifacts and ~interpersonal~ communication -- Some first principles -- A general theory of communication -- Basic communication processes -- Explaining performance: a general model of receiver response.
330   $aIn this ground-breaking work, the distinguished anthropological theorist, Michael Brian Schiffer, presents a profound challenge to the social sciences. Through a broad range of examples, he demonstrates how theories of behavior and communication have too often ignored the fundamental importance of objects in human life. In The Material Life of Human Beings, the author builds upon the premise that the most important feature of human life is not language but the relationships which take place between people and objects. The author shows that artifacts are involved in all modes of human communication - be they visual, auditory or tactile. By creatively folding elements of postmodernist thought into a scientific framework, he creates new concepts and models for understanding and analyzing communication and behavior. Challenging established theories within the social sciences, Michael Brian Schiffer offers a reassessment of the centrality of materiality to everyday life.
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