The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images

by Alfred Gell

Book Overview

Time - relentless, ever-present but intangible and the single element over which human beings have no absolute control - has long proved a puzzle. The author examines the phenomenon of time and asks... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854968903
• ISBN13: 9780854968909
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Time - and how humans try to make sense of it

Alfred Gell's book is both scholarly and (generally) accessable for laypeople and those (like Gell) who are anthropologists . He looks at opposing theories of time perception and how these fit with a human grasp of time. Some of the more theoretical (philosophical) sections are quite heavy. Persist and you shall be rewarded. I enjoyed this book and found it a real thought-provoker.