Non-places an introduction to supermodernity

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.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Philosophy
Space perception
Place (Philosophy) in architecture
Postmodernism > Social aspects
Space (Architecture) > Social aspects
Place (Philosophy)
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