Theories, Technologies, Instrumentalities of Color: Anthropological and Historiographic Perspectives [Hardcover]

Barbara Saunders (Editor), Van Jaap Brakel (Editor), Debi Roberson (Contributor), Ian Davies (Contributor), Jules Davidoff (Contributor), Arnold Henselmans (Contributor), Don Dedrick (Contributor), Alan Costall (Contributor), Angus Gellatly (Contributor), Paul Whittle (Contributor), Patrick Heelan (Contributor), Rainer Mausfeld (Contributor), Jaap van Brakel (Contributor), Thomas Johansen (Contributor), Hans Kraml (Contributor), Joseph Wachelder (Contributor), Friedrich Steinle (Contributor), Ton Derksen (Contributor), Tom Seppalainen (Contributor), Sean Johnston (Contributor), Charles de Weert (Contributor), Lieven Decock (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761822658 | ISBN-13: 978-0761822653 | Publication Date: August 2002 | Edition: First Edition

Theories, Technologies, Instrumentalities of Color is the outcome of a workshop, held in Leuven, Belgium, in May 2000. The editors bring together contributions from philosophy, history, classics, psychology, and anthropology to discuss the production of theories, technologies and instrumentalities - the phenomeno-technical ecology - of color. Approaching the topic from a variety of backgrounds, the contributors problematise color and discuss the distinctions, concepts, assumptions, and assertibility, warrants taken for granted by "color."

Editorial Reviews

Review

Saunders characterizes the book as a movement from a 'homogeneous, hierarchical' to a 'heterogeneous, peas-in-a-pod' understanding of color, and, indeed, the profusion of approaches contained in the volume indicates that there are many ways to approachthe subject.>>> (Theresa Levitt Groppi )

Saunders characterizes the book as a movement from a 'homogeneous, hierarchical' to a 'heterogeneous, peas-in-a-pod' understanding of color, and, indeed, the profusion of approaches contained in the volume indicates that there are many ways to approach the subject. (Theresa Levitt Groppi )

About the Author

Barbara Saunders is Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Leuven, in the Netherlands.

Jaap van Brakel is Professor of Philosophy, and Research Council, University of Leuven, in the Netherlands.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 418 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America; First Edition edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761822658
• ISBN-13: 978-0761822653
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,737,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)