An Archaeology Of The Immaterial - 9780415840491

The Archaeology of the Immaterial examines a highly significant but poorly understood aspect of material culture studies namely the active rejection of the material world. By this is meant a number of cultural projects, from anti-consumerism, asceticism, and other attempts to transcend material circumstances. This book looks at the way people ‘disengage’ from the material world as a specific kind of physical engagement that has profound implications for our understanding of personhood and materiality.

• | Author: Victor Buchli
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Sep 18, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 190 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 041584049X
• | ISBN-13: 9780415840491