Agency Uncovered: Archaeological Perspectives on Social Agency, Power, and Being Human

ISBN-13: 9781138404335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Andrew Gardner

Opis

Questions the value of the concept of 'agency', a term used in sociological and philosophical literature to refer to individual free will in archaeology. This book focuses on the relevance of 'agency' theory to archaeological interpretation and addresses the political and ethical implications of a debate about the definition of human nature.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: Social Agency, Power, and Being Human, Andrew Gardner; Part 1 Social Agency; Chapter 2 An Evolutionary Perspective on Agency in Archaeology, Stephen Shennan; Chapter 3 Agency and Community in 4th Century Britain: Developing the Structurationist Project, Andrew Gardner; Chapter 4 'Agency' Theory Applied: A Study of Later Prehistoric Lithic Assemblages from Northwest Pakistan, Justin Morris; Chapter 5 Agency, Technology, and the 'Muddle in the Middle': The Case of the Middle Palaeolithic, Brad Gravina; Part 2 Agency and Power; Chapter 6 Dirt, Cleanliness, and Social Structure in Ancient Greece, Astrid Lindenlauf; Chapter 7 Examining the Role of Agency in Hunter-Gatherer Cultural Transmission, Peter Jordan; Chapter 8 Identifying and Defining Agency in A Political Context, Fiona J.L Handley, Tim Schadla-Hall; Part 3 Being Human; Chapter 9 Acts of God and Active Material Culture: Agency and Commitment in the Andes, Bill Sillar; Chapter 10 Being in A Simulacrum: Electronic Agency, Mark W. Lake; Chapter 11 Agency and Views Beyond Meta-Narratives that Privatise Ethics and Globalise Indifference, Stephanie Koerner; Part 4 Commentary; Chapter 12 Agency, Structure and Archaeological Practice, Matthew Johnson;

O autorze

Gardner, Andrew