دانلود کتاب Entangled: An Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things

A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship with material things, demonstrating how humans and societies are entrapped into the maintenance and sustaining of material worldsArgues that the interrelationship of humans and things is a defining characteristic of human history and cultureOffers a nuanced argument that values the physical processes of things without succumbing to materialismDiscusses historical and modern examples, using evolutionary theory to show how long-standing entanglements are irreversible and increase in scale and complexity over timeIntegrates aspects of a diverse array of contemporary theories in archaeology and related natural and biological sciencesProvides a critical review of many of the key contemporary perspectives from materiality, material culture studies and phenomenology to evolutionary theory, behavioral archaeology, cognitive archaeology, human behavioral ecology, Actor Network Theory and complexity theoryContent: Chapter 1 Thinking About Things Differently (pages 1–14): Chapter 2 Humans Depend on Things (pages 15–39): Chapter 3 Things Depend on Other Things (pages 40–63): Chapter 4 Things Depend on Humans (pages 64–87): Chapter 5 Entanglement (pages 88–112): Chapter 6 Fittingness (pages 113–137): Chapter 7 The Evolution and Persistence of Things (pages 138–157): Chapter 8 Things happen … (pages 158–178): Chapter 9 Tracing the Threads (pages 179–205): Chapter 10 Conclusions (pages 206–222):