The Power of Empty Places

From Megalithic Monuments to Social Media
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-83563-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Contemporary Liminality

Social media has been established as a central feature of the modern world and a propagator of contemporary culture. Political anthropology is employed as a method to understand digital fascination in the modern world. The theory of the void is utilised to examine the destructive features of social media that induce an unreality and provoke users to unfold in alternate ways. Classifying the realm of social media as a void illustrates how the intangible non-place is a divisive feature of modernity.

To gain comprehension of the pervasive void created by technology, a consideration of historical precursors can be useful. Features of stone circles, such as their material character, configuration and optical display on the solstice can be used to understand how social media operates to lure people into its domain and promotes entrapment. This book is aimed at individuals with an interest in social media, social theory and political anthropology. It will be of use to those working in the areas of identity, unreality, media and communication studies. It addresses fundamental issues of modernity such as social media, identity and unreality.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bollard, Kate

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I The Liminal Void 1. The Liminal Spiral 2. The Void Part II Comparable Void Typologies 3. Megalithic Monuments 4. The Digital Age 5. Historical Monuments and Contemporary Milieu Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Kate Bollard has recently completed a PhD in University College Cork, Ireland. Her research interests include social theory that is informed by concepts developed in political anthropology. The research focuses on social media and its tendencies to lead humanity to interpret the world though a technological lens.