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In recent years, social workers have raised a new concern about the appearance of a new category among the working poor. Even employed, there are people so overburdened by the cost of living and so undercompensated that they cannot afford a place to sleep. According to the website for the Coalition for the Homeless, forty-four percent of the homeless in first world countries actually have jobs. In No Fixed Abode, Marc Augé's pathbreaking ethnofiction--a fictional ethnography--a man named Henri narrates his strange existence in the margins of Paris. By day he walks the streets, lingers in conversation with the local shopkeepers, and sits writing in cafés, but at night he takes shelter in an abandoned house. From here, we see a progressive erosion of Henri's identity, a loss of bearings, and a slow degeneration of his ability to relate to others. But then he meets the artist Dominique, whose willingness to share her life with him raises questions about who he has become and about what a person needs in order to be a part of society. This is a book about how we live in geographical space and how work and patterns of domicile affect our status and our inner being. Despite the apparent simplicity of the fictional premise, Augé's book asks serious questions about the nature of our culture.

For the health of the psyche and the culture, for the individual and the whole society, oblivion is as necessary as memory. One must know how to forget, Marcus Auge suggests, not just to live fully in the present but also to comprehend the past.

For Marc Augé, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of “the Future” rests on our present fears of the contemporary world. It is to the future that we look for redemption and progress; but it is also where we project our personal and apocalyptic anxieties. By questioning notions of certainty, truth, and totality, Augé finds ways to separate the future from our eternal, terrified present and liberates the mind to allow it to conceptualize our possible futures afresh.

The narrative explores themes of longing and connection, delving into the emotional landscapes of its characters as they seek to reunite with lost loved ones. Set against a backdrop of personal and societal challenges, it weaves a poignant tale of hope and resilience. The author's evocative prose captures the complexity of relationships and the universal desire for belonging, making it a compelling read that resonates with anyone who has experienced the ache of separation.

A provocative study of the 'non-space' which defines our age's love for excess of information and space

Part memoir, part manifesto, this is a celebration of the bicycle by French anthropologist Marc Auge.

Marc Augé erzählt von zarten Glücksmomenten, flüchtigen Sinneseindrücken und zerbrechlichen Erinnerungen. Als Anthropologe des Augenblicks spürt er den glücklichen Momenten nach, die allen Widrigkeiten trotzen und um derentwillen es sich zu leben lohnt - egal wie unscheinbar sie daherkommen. Glück ist eine Ware geworden, an deren Verfertigung sich viele Fachleute versuchen: Von den Vereinten Nationen bis zum Boulevard wird mit Glücksrezepten hantiert. Marc Augé, der altersweise Ethnologe des Nahen mit dem Blick hinter die Hochglanzfassaden, weiß, dass solche Glücksrezepte leere Versprechen sind. Er spürt den großen und kleinen Momenten der Menschlichkeit nach, die uns glücklich machen. Denn die wahren Glücksmomente sind immateriell. Gerade unspektakuläre Alltagserfahrungen - eine Schweizer Landschaft, ein französisches Liebeslied, eine italienische Pasta - sind Schätze der Erinnerung. Sie erschließen uns die Bedeutung des Lebens. Denn erst wenn diese flüchtigen Augenblicke des Glücks vergangen sind, wird uns klar, wie notwendig und wertvoll sie sind.

Francouzský etnolog Marc Augé má rozsáhlou zkušenost z výzkumů v Africe i v Evropě. Svou knihou Antropologie současných světů potvrzuje tendenci současné etnologie hledat předmět bádání v moderním světě a zároveň vytváří srovnávací studii etnologicky zajímavých jevů v „tradičních“ a „moderních“ světech. Ještě předtím však kriticky reaguje na současný postmodernismus, zejména v americké antropologii.