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Material Agency: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Approach

Material Agency: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Approach

Hardcover

AnthropologyArchaeologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0387747109
ISBN13: 9780387747101
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 19 2008
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Thus far an 'agent' in the social sciences has always meant someone whose actions bring about change. In this volume, the editors challenge this position and examine the possibility that agency is not a solely human property. Instead, this collection of archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists and other social scientists explores the symbiotic relationships between humans and material entities (a key opening a door, a speed bump raising a car) as they engage with one another.

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