Du mythe à la manière. Résider selon Robinson en son île
2002; Éditions du Seuil; Volume: 73; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3406/comm.2002.2112
ISSN2102-5924
Autores Tópico(s)French Urban and Social Studies
ResumoMyths do not only help to evacuate the real, they also help thinking about and even anticipating it. As far as habitats and the evolution of residential practices are concerned, the myth of Robinson on his isle foregrounds a dilemma, only partly resolved at the time (witness Rousseau) : to stay or to come back ? Our contemporary practices, however, tend to get over this, announcing the shift from a monoresidential to polysedentary society. Thus, Crusoe's myth of settling in (with all of his doubts and pleasures) may help us unexpectedly to conceive the future...
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