Dwelling by Philip Tonner - 9780367887636

Taylor & Francis

DwellingHeidegger, Archaeology, Mortality\nAuthor(s): Philip Tonner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367887636, 978-0367887636\nSynopsis\nDwelling: Heidegger, Archaeology, Mortality negotiates the discourses of phenomenology, archaeology and palaeoanthropology in order to extend the dwelling perspective, an approach in the social sciences particularly associated with Tim Ingold and a number of other thinkers, including Chris Tilley, Julian Thomas, Chris Gosden and Clive Gamble, that developed out of an engagement with the thought of Martin Heidegger.\n\nThis unique book deals with Heideggers philosophy as it has been explored in archaeology and anthropology, seeking to expand its cross-disciplinary engagement into accounts of early humans and death awareness. Tonner reads Heideggers thought of dwelling in connection to recent developments in the archaeology of mortuary practice amongst our ancestors. Agreeing wi.