1st Edition
Cultural Life at the Abyss The Grounding of Ideology in Nature
By B. L. Molyneaux
Copyright 2022
216 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Ideology dominates social research, encouraged by rejections of nature and the past, and often ignores the direct experience of actual people. This archaeological study takes a different approach, grounding concepts of culture, landscape and art in ecological relations that embrace all of life.
An ecological approach considers that life exists in the interactions of people with the... Read more
1. Charting the territory; 2. Mere nature; 3. The lure of monuments; 4. The grounds of art; 5. How rocks speak; 6. In search of a situation; 7. Legend of the true cross; 8. Landscape, energy, ecology; Index.
Biography
B. L. Molyneaux is an archaeologist specializing in cross-cultural art, ideology and environment. He has conducted fieldwork in Canada, the United States and the UK. His research ranges from ground survey and recording to theories of perception and environmental interaction in the creation and use of images and the nature of ideology. He received his PhD in archaeology at the University of Southampton.
