This book presents an in-depth phenomenological and deconstructive analysis of the automobility imaginary, which is none other than the mundane automobility reality within which we dwell in everyday life.

Robert Braun is senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna. His main research interest is the politics of knowledge and societal transformation. His current research focuses on the transition to autonomous mobility and responsible research and innovation. His latest work includes: Privacy, Democracy and Social Fairness In The Future Road Transport System, in Alonso Raposo, M. and Ciuffo, B. (Eds.) The Future of Road Transport - Implications of An Automated, Connected, Low-Carbon and Shared Mobility (2019) and Corporate Stakeholder Democracy (2019).

INTRODUCTION

PART 1. ONTOLOGIES OF AUTOMOBILITY

CHAPTER 1. AN ILL-NAMED THING: FROM MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO AUTOMOBILITY STUDIES

CHAPTER 2. THE AUTOMOBILITY IMAGINARY

PART 2. RECONFIGURING THE ILL-NAMED THING

CHAPTER 3. DROMOS: THE VIOLENCE OF SPEED

CHAPTER 4. THEATRON: THE SPECTACLE

CHAPTER 5. HYPNOS: THE AUTOMOBILITY DREAMSCAPE

CHAPTER 6. NOMOS: THE APPROPRIATION OF SPACE

PART 3. FUTURE AUTOMOBILITIES AND POST-AUTOMOBILITY

CHAPTER 7. NOMOCRACY

CHAPTER 8. POST-AUTOMOBILITY

EPILOGUE