1st Edition
The Power of Empty Places From Megalithic Monuments to Social Media
By Kate Bollard
Copyright 2025
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
