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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828485403321

Autore

Elliott Anthony

Titolo

Mobile lives : self, excess and nature / / Anthony Elliott and John Urry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-134-01921-1

1-134-01922-X

1-282-64012-7

9786612640124

0-203-88704-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

International Library of Sociology

Altri autori (Persone)

UrryJohn

Disciplina

303.48/32

Soggetti

Transportation - Social aspects

Civilization, Modern

Information technology - Social aspects

Sociology - Philosophy

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Mobile lives: A step too far?; 2 New technologies, new mobilities; 3 Networks and inequalities; 4 The globals and their mobilities; 5 Mobile relationships: Intimacy at-a-distance; 6 Consuming to excess; 7 Contested futures; Afterword; References and notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles?In this provocative study of ""life on the move"", Anthony Elliott and John Urry explore how complex mobility systems are transforming everyday, ordinary lives. The authors develop their arguments through an analysis of various sectors of mobile lives: networks, new digital technologies, consumerism, the lifestyles of 'globals', and intimate relati