Non-Places Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity |
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| Author:
| Augé, Marc |
| Translator:
| Howe, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85984-956-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 1995 |
| Publisher: | Verso Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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Most people spend an increasing amount of time in soulless, impersonal places: motorways, airports, in front of cash machines, TVs and computers. For the author, this is symptomatic of the experience of "supermodernity" or late-capitalist existence. The invasion of modern life by these "non-places" is central to this work. The book explores the distinction between "place," encrusted with historical meaning and creative of social life, and "non-place," to which individuals are connected...
More DescriptionMost people spend an increasing amount of time in soulless, impersonal places: motorways, airports, in front of cash machines, TVs and computers. For the author, this is symptomatic of the experience of "supermodernity" or late-capitalist existence. The invasion of modern life by these "non-places" is central to this work. The book explores the distinction between "place," encrusted with historical meaning and creative of social life, and "non-place," to which individuals are connected in a uniform, bureaucratic manner and where no organic social life is possible.