A Russian Perspective on Theoretical Archaeology
The Life and Work of Leo S. Klejn
Seiten
2015
Left Coast Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62958-138-5 (ISBN)
Left Coast Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62958-138-5 (ISBN)
Russia’s foremost archaeological theorist, Leo S. Klejn, has been generally unrecognized by western scholars. In this biography and summary of his work, Stephen Leach outlines Klejn’s wide-ranging theoretical contributions on the place and nature of archaeology.
Both the work and the life of Leo S. Klejn, Russia’s foremost archaeological theorist, remain generally unrecognized by Western scholars. Until now. In this biography and summary of his work, Stephen Leach outlines Klejn’s wide-ranging theoretical contributions on the place and nature of archaeology. The book details-Klejn’s diverse work on ethnogenesis, migration, Homeric studies, pagan Slavic religion, homosexuality, and the history of archaeology;-his life challenges as a Russian Jewish scholar, jailed for homosexuality by the KGB and for his challenges to Marxist dogma;-his key contributions to theoretical archaeology and, in particular, Klejn’s comparisons between archaeologists and forensic scientists.
Both the work and the life of Leo S. Klejn, Russia’s foremost archaeological theorist, remain generally unrecognized by Western scholars. Until now. In this biography and summary of his work, Stephen Leach outlines Klejn’s wide-ranging theoretical contributions on the place and nature of archaeology. The book details-Klejn’s diverse work on ethnogenesis, migration, Homeric studies, pagan Slavic religion, homosexuality, and the history of archaeology;-his life challenges as a Russian Jewish scholar, jailed for homosexuality by the KGB and for his challenges to Marxist dogma;-his key contributions to theoretical archaeology and, in particular, Klejn’s comparisons between archaeologists and forensic scientists.
Stephen Leach is Senior Research Assistant in Philosophy at Keele University, UK. He is the author of The Foundations of History: CollingwoodAEs Analysis of Historical Explanation (2009) and co-author (with James Connelly and Peter Johnson) of R. G. Collingwood: A Research Companion (2014). He is also the editor of Leo KlejnAEs Incorporeal Heroes: The Origins of Homeric Images (2012). Stephen Shennan is Director of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK.
A Russian Perspective on Theoretical Archaeology: The Life and Work of Leo S. Klejn
| Verlagsort | Walnut Creek |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 476 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-62958-138-0 / 1629581380 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-62958-138-5 / 9781629581385 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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