In Praise of the Bicycle (eBook)

Marc Auge (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
96 Seiten
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-171-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the French anthropologist as we've never heard him before: Marc Auge coined the term 'non-place' to describe uniquitous, global airports, hotels and motorways filled with anonymous individuals. In this new book, he casts his anthropologist's eye on a subject close to his heart: cycling. In In Praise of the Bicycle, Auge takes us on a personal journey of his own, on a two-wheeled ride around our cities, and on a journey into ourselves. We all remember the thrill of riding a bike for the first time and the joys of cycling. Here he reminds us that these memories are not just personal, but rooted in a time and a place, in a history that is shared with millions of others.Part memoir, part manifesto, Auge celebrates cycling as a way of reconnecting with the places in which we live, and, ultimately, as a necessary alternative to our disconnected world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2019
• Übersetzer: Teresa Fagan
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• ISBN-10: 1-78914-171-0 / 1789141710
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78914-171-9 / 9781789141719