Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (Cultural Studies) (Taschenbuch) von Marc Auge Synopsis: An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computer 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 the logic of these late-capitalist phenomena - a logic of excessive information and excessive space. In this fascinating and lucid essay he seeks to establish and intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity. Starting with an attempt to disentangle anthropology from history, Auge goes on to map the distinction between place, encrusted with historical monuments and creative social life, and non-place, to which individuals are connected in a uniform manner and where no organic social life is possible. Unlike Baudelairean modernity, where old and new are interwoven, supermodernity is self-contained: from the motorway or aircraft, local or exotic particularities are presented two-dimensionally as a sort of theme-park spectacle. Auge does not suggest that supermodernity is all-encompassing: place Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Non ,  Places ,  Introduction  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Räume, Orte, Grenzen. Auf dem Weg zu einer Soziologie des Raums von Markus Schroer Raumtheorie. Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften von Jörg Dünne Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form von Robert Venturi The Production of Space von Henri Lefebvre Mehr zu  Social Sciences,  Sociology,  Anthropology Home ...,    Verwandte produkte ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)