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 Augé calls "non-space" results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Augé 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.
- ISBN10 1844673111
- ISBN13 9781844673117
- Publish Date 5 January 2009 (first published 24 March 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 January 2024
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 128
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781844673117