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Walking into the Void

A Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology of Walking

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  • 218 pages
  • 8 hours of reading

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Exploring walking as a significant formative experience, this book combines historical sociology and political anthropology to examine its transformative power. It employs genealogical methods and the concept of liminality to connect walking with pilgrimage and rites of passage. The text provides a historical survey of walking's role in both settled and mass societies, offering insights into modernity's challenges while reconnecting with humanity's past. This innovative work is aimed at scholars across various social science disciplines.

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Walking into the Void, Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horvath

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2017
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