202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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An Archaeology of the Immaterial examines a highly significant but poorly understood aspect of material culture studies: the active rejection of the material world. Buchli argues that this is evident in a number of cultural projects, including anti-consumerism and asceticism, as well as other attempts to transcend material circumstances. Exploring the cultural work which can be achieved when... Read more
1. Introduction Chapter 2: Immateriality and the Ascetic Object in late Antiquity 3: The Christian Ascetic Object and the Reformation 4. The Reformation 5. The Twentieth Century
Biography
Victor Buchli is Professor of Material Culture in the Department of Anthropology, University College London.
