Time Culture and Identity

<p><em>Time, Culture and Identity</em> questions the modern western distinctions between:<br> * nature and culture<br> * mind and body<br> * object and subject.<br><br> Drawing on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Julian Thomas develops a way of writing about the past in which time is seen as central to the emergence of the identities of people and objects.</p> Introduction PART ONE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY? 1 After Descartes: Archaeology, culture and nature 2 Time and the subject 3 Material things and their temporality 4 Place and temporality PART TWO: THREE HISTORIES 5 The descent of the British Neolithic 6 Later Neolithic Britain: Artefacts with personalities 7 Time, place and tradition: Mount Pleasant Afterword: Archaeology and meaning