Non-places an introduction to supermodernity

An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computers and cash machines. This invasion of the world by what Marc Auge calls 'non-space' results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but o...

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Main Author: Auge, Marc (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Verso 2008
Edition:2nd English ed.
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Summary:An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computers and cash machines. This invasion of the world by what Marc Auge calls 'non-space' results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Auge uses the concept of 'super modernity' to describe a situation of excessive information and excessive space. In this fascinating essay, now re-issued with a new introduction, he seeks to establish an intellectual framework for an anthropology of super modernity modernity.
Physical Description:xxii, 98 pages 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [99])
ISBN:9781844673117
1844673111