| Description |
122 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The Near and the Elsewhere -- Anthropological Place -- From Places to Non-Places -- Epilogue -- A Few References |
| 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 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122) |
| Notes |
Translation of: Non-lieux |
| Subject |
Anthropology in popular culture.
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Ethnology -- Philosophy.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Space perception.
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| LC no. |
94046299 |
| ISBN |
1859840515 paperback |
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1859849563 |
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9781859840511 paperback |
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9781859849569 |
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