nonplace

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An anthropological space of transience where human beings remain anonymous, such as an airport or shopping mall.
    — Marc Auge identifies the nonplace as both a symptom and product of supermodernity. Auge's designation of the nonplace is neither prescriptive nor apocalyptic, realizing that the differential relation between place and nonplace is never absolute. The proliferation of nonplaces, however, is directly related to transnational capital and "supermodernity"; indeed, the nonplace is one of its products and mechanisms. Accordingly, the nonplace "designates two complementary but distinct […]
  2. That which is not a place but has some aspects of one, such as cyberspace.

词形变化

nonplaces plural non-place alternative

词源

Calque of French non-lieu, non- + place.
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