In Praise of the Bicycle
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Witness the French anthropologist as we have never seen him before. Marc Aug 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, Aug 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, Aug '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.
Part memoir, part manifesto, Aug '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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1789141389
ISBN13:9781789141382
Release Date:August 2019
Publisher:Reaktion Books
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 7.9"
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