A Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology of Walking
by
Agnes Horvath, Arpad Szakolczai
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
The book starts by discussing the significance of walking for the experience of being human, including a comparative study of the language and cultures of walking. It then reviews in detail, relying on archaeology, two turning points of human history: the emergence of cave art sanctuaries and a new...