Phenomenology of Traffic: Experiencing Mobility in Ho Chi Minh City

The book explores the affective, embodied, and sensory dimensions of traffic and urban mobility, challenging taken-for-granted assumptions of urban traffic. It offers rich theoretical insights on how we feel our way through our affect-laden worlds, and develops philosophical concepts to better understand the complex relationships between humans and non-humans in everyday settings.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 160 pages
\n Publication date: 10 September 2020
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The book delves into the intricate and multifaceted aspects of traffic and urban mobility, challenging prevailing assumptions about urban traffic. It explores the emotional, embodied, and sensory dimensions of traffic experiences, drawing from a range of phenomenological and post-phenomenological readings. Through the lens of the traffic users in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the book offers captivating pathways into the complex structures and processes that shape phenomenal traffic worlds. It delves into the nature of the traffic experience, the modalities of existence within it, and the diverse range of awarenesses involved in making sense of the often nonsensical phenomenon.

The book provides rich theoretical insights into how we navigate our affect-laden worlds, offering a fresh perspective on the complexities of human-nonhuman relationships in everyday settings. By examining empirical examples from urban traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, the book sheds light on the dynamic and fluid collective of ongoing negotiations that we refer to as 'traffic.' It develops a range of philosophical concepts to better understand the intricate relationships between humans and non-humans in these contexts.

This book appeals to a wide audience, including students, scholars, and practitioners interested in philosophy, cultural geography, mobilities, transport studies, cultural studies, and urban studies. It offers innovative insights into the structures, authorities, materialities, and forms of power that shape our experiences of traffic, contributing to a deeper understanding of the urban landscape and its implications for society.

\n Weight: 408g\n
Dimension: 161 x 241 x 16 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367218164\n \n