How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency

by Akiko Busch

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It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? The impulse to escape notice is not about complacent isolation or senseless conformity, but about maintaining identity, autonomy, and voice.
 
In our networked and image-saturated lives, the notion of disappearing has never been more alluring. Today, we are relentlessly encouraged, even conditioned, to reveal, share, and...Read more
  • ISBN10 1101980419
  • ISBN13 9781101980415
  • Publish Date 12 February 2019
  • Publish Status Remaindered
  • Out of Print 25 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint E P Dutton & Co Inc