The Death of Home Aura and Space in the Age of Digitalization
Digital technology has revolutionized connectivity, but it has also overcome spatial obstacles that used to shield people from subjugating gazes and unlimited exercise of power. The home as an auratic space is dead, and this alienation has hindered our democratic capacities and created complex crise...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter
2024, ©2024
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| Series: | De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Digital technology has revolutionized connectivity, but it has also overcome spatial obstacles that used to shield people from subjugating gazes and unlimited exercise of power. The home as an auratic space is dead, and this alienation has hindered our democratic capacities and created complex crises. The Death of Home aims to intellectually engage readers via enhancing spatial literacy to critically confront today’s crises. Contemporary, inclusive theory of home & homeliness Explores issues common across regions, classes, generations: home vs exile, dwelling vs homelessness Revolutionizes readers’ spatial literacy while critiquing today’s biopolitical housing economy |
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| Physical Description: | 225 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-107846-5 978-3-11-107886-1 |