Mobility in Daily Life: Between Freedom and Unfreedom (Transport and Society)

Why do we choose specific modes of transport and what are the perceived rationalities for our choice? How are different theoretical concepts within mobility research actually perceived and lived in everyday life? At this book's core is a conceptual and empirical contribution to critical mobility research. It focuses on the tension between freedom and unfreedom, articulated through the dichotomy between individuality and community, as well as critical perspectives on the multitude of unintended consequences of mobility. In a range of everyday life narratives, this tension is analyzed through the concept of 'structural stories'. In teasing out the ambivalences of late modern everyday life, Malene Freudendal-Pedersen exposes how mobility both generates and helps to overcome and live with these ambivalences. Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1 Introduction......Page 10 2 Mobility’s Anchorage in Late Modern Everyday Life......Page 28 3 Structural Stories......Page 42 4 Freedom......Page 70 5 Time and Space......Page 102 6 Conclusions......Page 118 7 Postscript: Ambivalences, Sustainability and Utopias......Page 126 Bibliography......Page 152 Index......Page 162 This book is an important conceptual and empirical contribution to critical mobility research. It focuses on the tension between freedom and unfreedom, articulated through the dichotomy between individuality and community, as well as critical perspectives on the multitude of unintended consequences of mobility. Mobility's Anchorage in late modern everyday life Structural stories Freedom The time in mobility Conclusions Ambivalences, sustainability, and utopias.