Non-places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity

Non-places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity
ISBN-10
1859840515
ISBN-13
9781859840511
Category
Science
Pages
132
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Verso
Author
Marc Augé

Description

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 Augé calls "non-space" results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Augé uses the concept of "supermodernity" to describe a situation of excessive information and excessive space. In this fascinating essay he seeks to establish an intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity.

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