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Social Acceleration and the End of Automobility
Social Acceleration and the End of Automobility

Author(s): Ramona Marinache, Valentina Marinescu
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Communication studies, Sociology, Social development, Environmental interactions
Published by: Editura Universitară & ADI Publication
Keywords: social acceleration; automobility; Hartmut Rosa; John Urryș;

Summary/Abstract: In this study we seek to reflect upon a possible future reality – the end of automobility as we experienced it in the 20th century. We based our thought exercises on the concept of ‘social acceleration’ as it was coined in sociology by Hartmut Rosa and that of ‘automobility’ in John Urry’s perspective. Our reflection brought us in front of a peculiar tendency – in the age of high-speed machines humans become immobile.

  • Issue Year: 11/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 74-80
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English
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