The material life of human beings : artifacts, behavior, and communication

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The material life of human beings : artifacts, behavior, and communication

Michael Brian Schiffer ; with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller

Routledge, 1999

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [129]-150

Includes index

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巻冊次

ISBN 9780415200325

内容説明

In 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 behaviour 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 analysing communication and behavior. Challenging established theories within the social sciences, Michael Brian Schiffer offers a reassessment of the centrality of materiality to everyday life.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780415200332

内容説明

In 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 behaviour 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 analysing communication and behavior. Challenging established theories within the social sciences, Michael Brian Schiffer offers a reassessment of the centrality of materiality to everyday life.

目次

Preface, Acknowledgments, 1 Introduction, 2 What is human behavior?, 3 Artifacts and "interpersonal" communication, 4 Some first principles, 5 A general theory of communication, 6 Basic communication processes, 7 Explaining performance: a general model of receiver response, Glossary, Notes, References, Index

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