Ancient knowledge, Ancient know-how, Ancient reasoning - Cultural Memory in Transition from Prehistory to Classical Antiquity and Beyond - Harald Haar
This book by renowned anthropologist Harald Haarmann illuminates the acquisition of knowledge, and the meanings underlying forms of knowledge, in a broad temporal scope, ranging from the Neolithic through the modern era. Spiritual knowledge is at the heart of this work, which views myth and religion encoded in Neolithic female figurines and revived in the contemporary \primitive\ artwork of artists such as Constantin Brancusi and Henry Moore. Within such a framework, this study employs the knowledge..