An Anthropological Guide to the Art and Philosophy of Mirror Gazing

The most captivating and engaging book that I've read in a very long time. You'll never look at a mirror in the same way again. * Frederick L Coolidge, Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA * This book is a poetic invitation to explore how mirrors change the way we see. Through 'mirror stories' from science, anthropology, and literature - Narcissus to Shamanic mirrors, it disturbs and estranges us from our familiar relationship to this enchanting object and offers a way to 'look through' rather than at the mirror. * Carey Jewitt, Professor of Learning and Technology, University College London, UK * This book is an insightful guide to seeing some hidden aspects of our everyday thinking through mirrors. A thoughtful journey from Anthropology to Philosophy, from Mongolia to Siberia, where mirrors are taken as an opportunity to rethink the question of selfhood and the way they affect human perception and cognition * Claudio Paolucci, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Bologna, Italy *

Lambros Malafouris is Associate Professor of Cognitive Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College, and Fellow by Special Election at Keble College, University of Oxford, UK. Maria Danae Koukouti is Research Assistant at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK.

Image and Imagination: A Prolegomenon Chapter 1: About Mirroring: An Introduction PART I: Dis-enchantment Chapter 2: The Image Thief Chapter 3: Beautiful Scars PART II: Re-enchantment Chapter 4: Looking Through the Looking-Glass Chapter 5: The Other in the Mirror Chapter 6: The Gaze of the Shaman PART III Hunters and Prey Chapter 7: The Mirror Trap Chapter 8: How to Look in The Mirror Epilogue Bibliography Index