The Future
Marc Augé author John Howe translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Verso Books
Published:3rd Feb '15
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
For Marc Augé, 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, Augé finds ways to separate the future from our eternal, terrified present and liberates the mind to allow it to conceptualize our possible futures afresh.
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)
Augé's concerns are subtle and convincing in their selection. * Full Stop *
ISBN: 9781781685679
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
Weight: 216g
112 pages