Against Automobility

Steffen Bohm & Campbell Jones & Chris Land & Matthew Paterson

Language: English

Publisher: Wiley

Published: Nov 20, 2006

Description:

Despite its promise of freedom and autonomy, the ubiquity of the automobile has influenced unforeseen ecological, social, and political change. In Against Automobility, a panel of distinguished scholars take a critical look at the contradiction of the automobile.

  • A critical account of the impact of the car on society, which is both liberated by and reliant upon motor vehicles.

  • Written by a panel of distinguished scholars from varying disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

  • Examines automobility's effect on environmental, social, and political issues.

  • Will be of interest to those whose research focuses on geography, politics, consumption and cultural studies, critical theory, and the sociology of objects and everyday life.

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