Antti Lahelma, Vesa-Pekka Herva

Weirding Civilization

The Strange Foundations of the Modern World

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Produktbeschreibung

Weirding Civilization examines the irrational foundations of civilization, from the Bronze Age to the Anthropocene. Inspired by Twin Peaks and Lovecraftian horror, it reveals how weirdness - disorienting, monstrous, and ambivalent - has shaped human society since the rise of the first complex civilizations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032941189
• ISBN-10: 1032941189
• Artikelnr.: 72488566

Autorenporträt

Vesa-Pekka Herva is a professor of archaeology at the University of Oulu, Finland. He has studied the Aegean Bronze Age and European northern worlds from the Neolithic to the present. His research interests encompass cosmologies, human-environment relations, cultural heritage and classical Graeco-Roman traditions. Antti Lahelma is a University Lecturer in archaeology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on prehistoric rock art, identity, and worldview, particularly in the northern circumpolar region, and he has also worked extensively on the archaeology of the Ancient Near East. He has previously authored together with Vesa-Pekka Herva a book titled Northern Archaeology and Cosmology: A Relational View (Routledge, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Origins and Origin Narratives
Chapter 3: Cities beneath the Surface
Chapter 4: Money, Metals and Treasures
Chapter 5: Otherworldly Writing and Communication
Chapter 6: Civilization and Its Monsters
Chapter 7: Concluding reflections
Bibliography
Index.