Description
For Marc Auge, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of "the Future" rests on our present fears of the contemporary world. It is to the future that we look for redemption and progress; but it is also where we project our personal and apocalyptic anxieties. By questioning notions of certainty, truth, and totality, Auge finds ways to separate the future from our eternal, terrified present and liberates the mind to allow it to conceptualize our possible futures afresh.
About the Author
Marc Auge is Director of Studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris.
Reviews
Unsettling, elegantly written and illuminating: essential reading. -- PD Smith, Guardian (in praise of Non-Places)
A timely and original book. -- Patrick Wright (in praise of Non-Places)
Auge's concerns are subtle and convincing in their selection. * Full Stop *
Book Information
ISBN 9781781685662
Author Marc Auge
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 150g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 9mm
About the Author
Marc Auge is Director of Studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris.
Reviews
Unsettling, elegantly written and illuminating: essential reading. -- PD Smith, Guardian (in praise of Non-Places)
A timely and original book. -- Patrick Wright (in praise of Non-Places)
Auge's concerns are subtle and convincing in their selection. * Full Stop *
Book Information
ISBN 9781781685662
Author Marc Auge
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 150g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 9mm
