Non-places : introduction to an anthropology of supermodernity / Marc Augé.

By:

Augé, Marc

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London ; New York ; Verso, 2008.Edition: 2nd English language edDescription: xxii, 98, [1] p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781844673223
9781844673117 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

Non-lieux. English

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DDC classification:

23 306 AUG 002070

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Table of contents

Contents:

Introduction to the second edition Prologue The near and the elsewhere Anthropological place From places to non-places Epilogue.

Summary: "Shopping malls, motorways, airport lounges - we are all familiar with these curious spaces which are both everywhere and nowhere. But only now do we have a coherent analysis of their far-reaching effects on public and private experience. Marc Auge has become their anthropologist, and has written a timely and original book." "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 intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, New Delhi	306 AUG 002070 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002070

Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]).

Introduction to the second edition
Prologue
The near and the elsewhere
Anthropological place
From places to non-places
Epilogue.

"Shopping malls, motorways, airport lounges - we are all familiar with these curious spaces which are both everywhere and nowhere. But only now do we have a coherent analysis of their far-reaching effects on public and private experience. Marc Auge has become their anthropologist, and has written a timely and original book." "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 intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity."--BOOK JACKET.

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