Alfred Gell (late Reader in Soc late Reader in Social Anthropology

Art and Agency

An Anthropological Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory for an anthropology of art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780198280149
• ISBN-10: 0198280149
• Artikelnr.: 21506304

Autorenporträt

Alfred Gell is a former Reader in Anthropology in the London School of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
1: The Problem Defined: The Need for an Anthropology of Art
2: The Theory of the Art Nexus
3: The Art Nexus and the Index
4: The Involution of the Index in the Art Nexus
5: The Origination of the Index
6: The Critique of the Index
7: The Distributed Person
8: Style and Culture
9: Conclusion: The Extended Mind
Bibliography
Index