Cultural history of objects

The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years.
Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object.

£405.00Dec 24, 2020This set brings together over 50 scholars, in 1776 pages, to examine how the world of human subjects shapes and is shaped by the world of

The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object.

What is a cultural object?

Let us begin with one of cultural sociology's touchstone concepts, the cultural object

Griswold's (1986, p

5) definition of a cultural object as “shared significance embodied in form” has stood the test of time and anchored generations of sociologists’ work

Implicit in this definition is the idea that cultural objects are dual and relational

Why are objects important in sociology?

The world of objects motivates new moral orders

The concept of the cultural object made possible new avenues of sociological inquiry into meaning-making

Cultural sociologists advocating for a material turn in the study of objects have revealed the dynamism and independent effects of objects in meaning-making processes

A Cultural History of Objects explores the history of the creation of objects from antiquity to the contemporary period in the western world, the changing ways in which objects have been understood, and their ongoing and cumulative consequences.

The exhibition of cultural property is a practice used by organizations where collected objects are put on display to the public.
The objects are carefully chosen and placed together to offer educational value, and often to tell a story.

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