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  1. I’m a big fan of Guy Debord’s work but have never read that of Marc Augé, who came up with the concept of ‘non-places’. These are spaces like airports and hotels where human interaction is largely transactional, leading to a form of psychic isolation.
    This article outlines Augé argument that to counteract the dehumanising effects of these […]

    https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2023/09/08/non-places/

  2. «Viviamo in una società che preferisce spingere i vecchi a restare giovani per sempre, piuttosto che dare la possibilità ai giovani di diventare adulti».

    Addio al filosofo e intellettuale #MarcAugè.

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