Time, Culture, and Identity
Title | Time, Culture, and Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Thomas |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780415118613 |
This groundbreaking work considers one of the central themes of archaeology, time, which until recently has been taken for granted. It considers how time is used and perceived by archaeology and also how time influences the construction of identities. The book presents case studies, eg, transition from hunter gather to farming in early Neolithic, to examine temporality and identity. Drawing upon the work of Martin Heidegger, Thomas develops a way of writing about the past in which time is seenm as central to the emergence of the identities of peoples and things. He questions the modern western distinction between nature and culture, mind and body, object and subject, and argues that in some senses the temporal structure of human beings, artefacts and places are similar.
Time and Identity
Title | Time and Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Keim Campbell |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2010-05-14 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0262014092 |
Original essays on the metaphysics of time, identity, and the self, written by distinguished scholars and important rising philosophers.The concepts of time and identity seem at once unproblematic and frustratingly difficult. Time is an intricate part of our experience—it would seem that the passage of time is a prerequisite for having any experience at all—and yet recalcitrant questions about time remain. Is time real? Does time flow? Do past and future moments exist? Philosophers face similarly stubborn questions about identity, particularly about the persistence of identical entities through change. Indeed, questions about the metaphysics of persistence take on many of the complexities inherent in philosophical considerations of time. This volume of original essays brings together these two essentially related concepts in a way not reflected in the available literature, making it required reading for philosophers working in metaphysics and students interested in these topics. The contributors, distinguished authors and rising scholars, first consider the nature of time and then turn to the relation of identity, focusing on the metaphysical connections between the two, with a special emphasis on personal identity. The volume concludes with essays on the metaphysics of death, issues in which time and identity play a significant role. This groundbreaking collection offers both cutting-edge epistemological analysis and historical perspectives on contemporary topics.ContributorsHarriet Baber, Lynne Rudder Baker, Ben Bradley, John W. Carroll, Reinaldo Elugardo, Geoffrey Gorham, Mark Hinchliff, Jenann Ismael, Barbara Levenbook, Andrew Light, Lawrence B. Lombard, Ned Markosian, Harold Noonan, John Perry, Harry S. Silverstein, Matthew H. Slater, Robert J. Stainton, Neil A. Tognazzini
Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Title | Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean PDF eBook |
Author | Erich S. Gruen |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 546 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0892369698 |
Cultural identity in the classical world is explored from a variety of angles.
Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds
Title | Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy Holland |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2001-03-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780674005624 |
This text addresses the central problem in anthropological theory of the late 1990s - the paradox that humans are both products of social discipline and creators of remarkable improvisation.
In Plenty and in Time of Need
Title | In Plenty and in Time of Need PDF eBook |
Author | Lia T. Bascomb |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 307 |
Release | 2019-12-13 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 197880394X |
In Plenty and in Time of Need uses music and performance as sites of analysis for the competing ideals and realities of Barbadian national culture. The book demonstrates complex relations between national, gendered, and sexual identities in Barbados, and how these identities are represented and interpreted on a global stage.
Digital Culture, Play, and Identity
Title | Digital Culture, Play, and Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Hilde Corneliussen |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 0262033704 |
"This book examines the complexity of World of Warcraft from a variety of perspectives, exploring the cultural and social implications of the proliferation of ever more complex digital gameworlds.The contributors have immersed themselves in the World of Warcraft universe, spending hundreds of hours as players (leading guilds and raids, exploring moneymaking possibilities in the in-game auction house, playing different factions, races, and classes), conducting interviews, and studying the game design - as created by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer, and as modified by player-created user interfaces. The analyses they offer are based on both the firsthand experience of being a resident of Azeroth and the data they have gathered and interpreted.The contributors examine the ways that gameworlds reflect the real world - exploring such topics as World of Warcraft as a "capitalist fairytale" and the game's construction of gender; the cohesiveness of the gameworld in terms of geography, mythology, narrative, and the treatment of death as a temporary state; aspects of play, including "deviant strategies" perhaps not in line with the intentions of the designers; and character - both players' identification with their characters and the game's culture of naming characters." -- BOOK JACKET.
ARCHAEOLOGIES OF ART
Title | ARCHAEOLOGIES OF ART PDF eBook |
Author | Inés Domingo Sanz |
Publisher | Left Coast Press |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2009-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1598742655 |
Draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Reflects the diversity of approaches used by archaeologists to incorporate visual arts into their analysis of past cultures. Sanz and May from Flinders University South Australia.