1st Edition

Archaeology and Capitalism From Ethics to Politics

Edited By Yannis Hamilakis, Philip Duke Copyright 2007
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

The editors and contributors to this volume focus on the inherent political nature of archaeology and its impact on the practice of the discipline. Pointing to the discipline’s history of advancing imperialist, colonialist, and racist objectives, they insist that archaeology must rethink its muted professional stance and become more overtly active agents of change. The discipline is not about an... Read more
List of Illustrations, , Foreword: Politics Is a Dirty Word, but Then Archaeology Is a Dirty Business, Acknowledgments, Part 1: Introduction, Part 2 Ethics in Question: Introduction, Part 3 Archaeology in Capitalism, Archaeology As Capitalism: Introduction, Part 4 Ethical Futures, Emancipatory Archaeologies: Introduction, About the Contributors, Index

Biography

Yannis Hamilakis, Philip Duke