Future e-bog
98,18 DKK
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For Marc Aug,, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of "e;the Future"e; 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, Aug, finds ways to separate the future from our et…
For Marc Aug,, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of "e;the Future"e; 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, Aug, finds ways to separate the future from our eternal, terrified present and liberates the mind to allow it to conceptualize our possible futures afresh.
E-bog
98,18 DKK
Forlag
Verso
Udgivet
03.02.2015
Længde
112 sider
Genrer
Social forecasting, future studies
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781781687185
For Marc Aug,, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of "e;the Future"e; 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, Aug, finds ways to separate the future from our eternal, terrified present and liberates the mind to allow it to conceptualize our possible futures afresh.
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