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In Praise of the Bicycle
by [Augé, Marc]
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Witness the French anthropologist as we have never seen him before. Marc Augé coined the term "non-place" to describe the ubiquitous 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. With In Praise of the Bicycle, Augé takes us on a two-wheeled ride around our cities and on a personal 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, Augé's book celebrates cycling as a way of reconnecting with the places in which we live, and, ultimately, as a necessary alternative to our disconnected world.
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- Reaktion Books Brand
- Aug 15, 2019 Pub Date:
- 9781789141382 ISBN-13:
- 1789141389 ISBN-10:
- 96.0 pages Hardcover
- English Language
- 7.75 in * 0.7 in * 4.75 in Dimensions:
- 2 lb Weight:
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