The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images
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Book Overview
Time - relentless, ever-present but intangible and the single element over which human beings have no absolute control - has long proved a puzzle. The author examines the phenomenon of time and asks... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0854968903
ISBN13:9780854968909
Release Date:July 2001
Publisher:Routledge
Length:354 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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Time - and how humans try to make sense of it
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Alfred Gell's book is both scholarly and (generally) accessable for laypeople and those (like Gell) who are anthropologists . He looks at opposing theories of time perception and how these fit with a human grasp of time. Some of the more theoretical (philosophical) sections are quite heavy. Persist and you shall be rewarded. I enjoyed this book and found it a real thought-provoker.
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