Vertiginous life : an anthropology of time and the unforeseen
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Knight Daniel M. (19..-....) ;
- ISBN : 978-1-80073-193-6, 978-1-80073-910-9
- Sujets : Temps -- Anthropologie -- Grèce, Perception du temps, Changement social, Problèmes sociaux, Conditions sociales, Greece -- Social conditions -- 1974-, Greece
- Comprend : An anthropology of time and the unforeseen
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (XIII-163 pages), : Carte, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 23 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis, Royaume-Uni
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : New anthropologies of Europe, Volume 2,
Notes
Autre tirage : 2023 (édition brochée) ; La ressource est également disponible en format numérique ; Notes bibliographiques en bas de pages. Bibliographie pages [146]-156
Résumé
'Vertiginous Life provides a theory of the intense temporal disorientation brought about by life in crisis. In the whirlpool of unforeseen social change, people experience confusion as to where and when they belong on timelines of previously unquestioned pasts and futures. Through individual stories from crisis Greece, this book explores the everyday affects of vertigo: nausea, dizziness, breathlessness, the sense of falling, and unknowingness of Self. Being lost in time, caught in the spin-cycle of crisis, people reflect on belonging to modern Europe, neoliberal promises of accumulation, defeated futures, and the existential dilemmas of life held captive in the uncanny elsewhen'