Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity, Paperback

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 Aug calls "non-space" results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Aug 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.

About the Author:

Marc Aug is Director of Studies at the Ecole des hautes tudes en sciences sociales in Paris.