Stillness in a Mobile World

<p>This edited collection of essays on the conceptual political and philosophical importance of stillness is positioned within a world that has increasingly come to be understood through the theoretical and conceptual lens of movement. </p><p>With contributions from leading scholars in the field the diversity of this collection illuminates the multiplicity of ontological and epistemological registers through which stillness moves: from human geography to media studies cultural theory to fine arts. With the help of luminaries such as Deleuze Bergson Barthes and Beckett this book interweaves cutting-edge theoretical insight with empirical illustrations which examine and traverse a multitude of practices spaces and events. In an era where stasis slowness and passivity are often held to be detrimental this collection puts forward a new set of political and ethical concerns which help us to come to terms with understand and account for (im)mobile life.</p><p><em>Stillness in a Mobile World</em> in an essential source of reference for both undergraduate and post-graduate students working within disciplines such as cultural studies sociology mobility studies and human geography.</p>