As an increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports, hotels, on motor-ways, or in front of TV and computer screens, Auge in...
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Jan 16, 2009
Erdem
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A marvellous discussion of supermodernity, but I'm a little skeptical of the notion of non-spaces. It seems to me that all places are potentially non-places, and all spaces that are framed as non-places in this book are potentially anthropological places too. My friend gave the most amazing example when we were discussing this: an airport is not a non-place for a person who works at the airport and goes there every day. Therefore this is a very loose definition, and to be fair Augé does acknowle
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Jan 30, 2012
Rebecca
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I found this quite hard to follow, and I'm having trouble seeing how it fits in with my course on 'Sensory Encounters with Dress,' which it was required reading for... but what I could understand was interesting, if a little disquieting!
Sep 26, 2011
Evie
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great book, gives you a different point of view to people and space. Although i disagreed with his opinion that only places connected with transportation are non-places, it was still a very interesting book to read.
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Feb 12, 2012
Introduced to this book by one of my UCLA professors, this is one of my favorite anthropological texts of all time and the inspiration for my creative preoccupation with non-places and purgatorial spaces.
Mar 10, 2010
Rebecca
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Good quote:
-"Everything proceeds as if space had been trapped by time, as if there were no history other than the last 48 hours of news, as if each individual history were drawing its motive, its words and images, from the inexhaustible stock of an unending history in the present" (84)
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Ethnology of solitude: "The community of human destinies is experienced in the anonymity of non-place and in solitude."
-"Everything proceeds as if space had been trapped by time, as if there were no history other than the last 48 hours of news, as if each individual history were drawing its motive, its words and images, from the inexhaustible stock of an unending history in the present" (84)
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Ethnology of solitude: "The community of human destinies is experienced in the anonymity of non-place and in solitude."
Jan 07, 2012
Martin
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essential reading for understanding the era of our civilization that is symbolized by highways, malls and SUVs(from the 1980Ts to the 00Ts).
Sep 10, 2009
Ruth
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a wee little ethnographically inspired look at non-places:
atms, airports, malls, grocery stores. marc auge is my anthropology hero--a modernist who links himself to the past with great insight.
atms, airports, malls, grocery stores. marc auge is my anthropology hero--a modernist who links himself to the past with great insight.
Jul 31, 2011
I really enjoyed this book so much: it combines anthropology and narration in an impressive way. A good piece by Marc Augé
Dec 18, 2007
Dylan
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Guy talks a lot. Pretty neat concepts from a guys who sounds like he talks or wants to talk a lot. Good if you're into places and stuff.
Feb 27, 2008
Simon
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Interesting, but the signal to noise ratio is rather too high. One of those authors who revels in the use of long words.
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Dec 16, 2009
PMP
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Marc Auge makes me weak in the knees even in my old age, when I have no more excuses.
May 24, 2008
Eli
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worth persevering with for some satisfying ideas.
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