Non-places: an introduction to supermodernity

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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 supermodernity to describe a situation of excessive information and excessive space. In this fascinating essay, he seeks to establish an intellect…

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Full title :Non-places : an introduction to supermodernity / Marc Augé.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.
Edition:2. English-language ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Verso
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

Notes

Previous edition: 1995.

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 98 s. ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1844673227, 9781844673223, 1844673111, 9781844673117
oclc:ocn473735277
LC Classification:GN345
Dewey Decimal:306

The near and elsewhere -- Anthropological place -- From places to non-places.

Subjects

Anthropologie Einsamkeit Ethnologie -- Philosophie Ethnology -- Philosophy Perception spatiale Place (Philosophy) Raum Space (Architecture) Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects space perception Verstädterung Wahrnehmung