{"product_id":"gesture-and-speech-october-books-9780262121736","title":"Gesture and Speech (October Books)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombines in one volume Technics and Language and Memory and Rhythms  the cornerstones of Leroi-Gourhans comprehensive theory of human behavior and cultural development Andr Leroi-Gourhan (1911-1986) was an anthropologist and paleontologist whose theoretical endeavors extended well beyond those realms to encompass the culture of the twentieth century and its most advanced developments. His bold and coherent revision of both analytic and archaeological methods revolutionized the study of prehistoric culture. His adoption of the structuralist method for the analysis of prehistoric art enabled a radical rethinking and clearer understanding of its nature  with resulting implications for the understanding of the art of our own times  and for a broad range of contemporary issues.Leroi-Gourhan was  for example  concerned with questions of communication  particularly the ways in which new techniques of communication reshape our understanding of language and writing. His work in this field has proved catalytic for the thinking of other major theorists  among them Jacques Derrida. Gesture and Speech combines in one volume Technics and Language and Memory and Rhythms  which are the cornerstones of Leroi-Gourhans comprehensive theory of human behavior and cultural development. In Technics and Language  Leroi-Gourhan looks at prehistoric technology in relation to the development of cognitive and linguistic faculties  expanding on the cultural ramifications of erect posture  a short face  a free hand during locomotion  and possession of movable implements.Memory and Rhythms approaches its subject from the standpoints of sociology and aesthetics. Here Leroi-Gourhan addresses the problems of instinct and intelligence. He defines the relationship between aesthetic behavior  on the one hand  and species attitudes and the personalization of ethnic groups  on the other  and undertakes a sweeping aesthetic analysis from visceral perception to figurative art  including a discussion of the \"language of forms\" that makes figurative art an abstract expression of language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67623752564789,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262121735","price":225.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262121736.jpg?v=1791362806","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/gesture-and-speech-october-books-9780262121736","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}