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Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity

Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity

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AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 1844673111
ISBN13: 9781844673117
Publisher: Verso
Published: Jan 1 2009
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.50
Language: English
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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