Philosophy of the Tourist
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2023
Summary
Tourism is a characteristically modern phenomenon, yet modern thinkers have tended to deride the tourist as a figure of homogenizing globalism. This philosophical study considers the tourist anew, as a subject position that enables us to redraw the map of globalized culture in an era increasingly in revolt against the liberal intellectual worldview and its call for the welcome of the “Other.”
Why has the tourist proved so resistant to philosophical treatment, asks Hiroki Azuma. Tracin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915103000 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1915103002 |
| Author: | Hiroki Azuma |
| Publisher: | Urbanomic Media Ltd |
| Imprint: | Urbanomic Media Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 146mm |
| Series: | Urbanomic / Mono |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“In this age of rising nationalisms Philosophy of the Tourist is a ground-breaking work that attempts to reopen a future space for the ‘global citizen’ in creative and counterintuitive ways.”
—Johny Pitts, New Statesman, “Books of the Year 2023”
About The Author
Hiroki Azuma
Hiroki Azuma is the founder of Genron, a publisher and live forum for critical thought in Tokyo, Japan. A leading cultural critic in Japan, he is the author of seven books, including Ontological, Postal, which won the 2000 Suntory Literary Prize, Otaku- Japan’s Database Animals, and General Will 2.0- Rousseau, Freud, Google.
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