
Post-Automobility Futures
Technology, Power, and Imaginaries
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published on 5. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-1-5381-5887-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents an in-depth phenomenological and deconstructive analysis of the automobility imaginary, which is none other than the mundane automobility reality within which we dwell in everyday life. A successful transition to a post-automobility future will require new ways of thinking about and conceptualizing automobility, one of the most significant and powerful imaginaries of contemporary neo-liberalism. This book offers such a view by reconceptualizing automobility in its entirety as both an imaginary and a dreamscape.
In order to address the challenges, externalities and tragedies that automobility has brought upon us, automobility, we argue, must end as we know it.
In order to address the challenges, externalities and tragedies that automobility has brought upon us, automobility, we argue, must end as we know it.
Reviews / Votes
Robert Braun and Richard Randell address a consequential and timely topic, one that has been on the tips of our tongues for quite a while now, and it does so from a unique perspective by applying a wide range of social scientific and philosophical lenses to systems of automobility. The strength of the book lies in its sociological and philosophical framing, which promises to generate theoretical insights that can be applied beyond the practical matters of designing or deconstructing car futures. -- Jennie Germann Molz, professor of sociology, College of the Holy CrossMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-5887-6 (9781538158876)
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E-Book
03/2022
1st Edition
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Persons
Robert Braun is senior researcher at the Institute forAdvanced Studies in Vienna.
Richard Randell is a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna.
Richard Randell is a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna.
Content
INTRODUCTION
PART 1. ONTOLOGIES OF AUTOMOBILITY
CHAPTER 1. AN ILL-NAMED THING: FROM MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO AUTOMOBILITY STUDIES
CHAPTER 2. THE AUTOMOBILITY IMAGINARY
PART 2. RECONFIGURING THE ILL-NAMED THING
CHAPTER 3. DROMOS: THE VIOLENCE OF SPEED
CHAPTER 4. THEATRON: THE SPECTACLE
CHAPTER 5. HYPNOS: THE AUTOMOBILITY DREAMSCAPE
CHAPTER 6. NOMOS: THE APPROPRIATION OF SPACE
PART 3. FUTURE AUTOMOBILITIES AND POST-AUTOMOBILITY
CHAPTER 7. NOMOCRACY
CHAPTER 8. POST-AUTOMOBILITY
EPILOGUE
PART 1. ONTOLOGIES OF AUTOMOBILITY
CHAPTER 1. AN ILL-NAMED THING: FROM MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO AUTOMOBILITY STUDIES
CHAPTER 2. THE AUTOMOBILITY IMAGINARY
PART 2. RECONFIGURING THE ILL-NAMED THING
CHAPTER 3. DROMOS: THE VIOLENCE OF SPEED
CHAPTER 4. THEATRON: THE SPECTACLE
CHAPTER 5. HYPNOS: THE AUTOMOBILITY DREAMSCAPE
CHAPTER 6. NOMOS: THE APPROPRIATION OF SPACE
PART 3. FUTURE AUTOMOBILITIES AND POST-AUTOMOBILITY
CHAPTER 7. NOMOCRACY
CHAPTER 8. POST-AUTOMOBILITY
EPILOGUE