Material hermeneutics : reversing the linguistic turn / Don Ihde.
Material type: TextSeries: History and philosophy of technoscienceDescription: viii, 136 pages : illustrationsISBN:- 9780367720346
- 9780367720353
- 600 IHD.M 23
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Book | Dept. of History | Dept. of History | 600 IHD.M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | HIS14646 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Material Hermeneutics explores the ways that new imaging technologies and scientific instruments have changed our notions about ancient history. From the first lunar calendar to the black hole image, and from an ancient mummy in the Italian Alps to the irrigated valleys of Mesopotamia, this book demonstrates how revolutions in science have taught us far more than we imagined. Written by a leading philosopher of technology and utilising an interdisciplinary approach, this book has implications for many fields, including philosophy, history, science and technology. It will appeal to scholars and students of the humanities, as well as anthropologists and archaeologists"--
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