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SOCIETY , NATURE AND THE CONCEPT OF TECHNOLOGY Tim Ingold For many centuries , Western thought has been dominated by the idea that the mission of mankind is to achieve mastery over nature . The world of nature is commonly characterised ...
SOCIETY , NATURE AND THE CONCEPT OF TECHNOLOGY Tim Ingold For many centuries , Western thought has been dominated by the idea that the mission of mankind is to achieve mastery over nature . The world of nature is commonly characterised ...
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It is meaningless , so the argument goes , even to speak of ' hunting and gathering societies ' as a class , since these ... The impact of technology on society may be affirmative or neutral , its formulae prescriptive or permissive ...
It is meaningless , so the argument goes , even to speak of ' hunting and gathering societies ' as a class , since these ... The impact of technology on society may be affirmative or neutral , its formulae prescriptive or permissive ...
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It is impossible to conceive of a modern industrial system in a feudal society . This latter had to vanish to make the Industrial Revolution possible . In each particular case of industrial transformation the relative influences of ...
It is impossible to conceive of a modern industrial system in a feudal society . This latter had to vanish to make the Industrial Revolution possible . In each particular case of industrial transformation the relative influences of ...
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Contents
Nathan Schlanger and Anthony Sinclair | 3 |
Nathan Schlanger | 18 |
Robert Cresswell | 39 |
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action activity African analysis appears apprenticeship approach archaeological argued artefacts aspects attempt axes basis becomes behaviour blade Cambridge competence complex concept concerned consider context core distinction early East German Eastern economic effect elements Europe evidence evolution example existence experience expression fact flakes forces function gesture given hand human ideas important individual industries interpretation knapping know-how knowledge Leroi-Gourhan lithic manufacture Marxism material culture matter Mauss meaning nature Notes object observed Oldowan operational organisation Paris particular past period physical possible practical prehistoric present problem production progress question raw material References reflection relations relationship remains Review seems separation simply skills social society specialisation specific stages stone stone tools striking structure suggest symbolic technical techniques theoretical theory tion understanding University Press
Bibliographic information
| Title | Archaeological review from Cambridge, Volume 9, Issue 1 Archaeological review from Cambridge |
| Published | 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Jun 2007 |
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