Vertiginous Life: An Anthropology of Time and the Unforeseen

by Daniel M. Knight

Book Overview

Vertiginous Life provides a theory of the intense temporal disorientation brought about by life in crisis. In the whirlpool of unforeseen social change, people experience confusion as to where and when they belong on timelines of previously unquestioned pasts and futures. Through individual stories from crisis Greece, this book explores the everyday affects of vertigo: nausea, dizziness, breathlessness, the sense of falling, and unknowingness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800739109
• ISBN13: 9781800739109
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"