BRUSSELS - In an essay, French critic Roland Barthes called the car a magical object, consumed more as an image than an object of use. Can we still see the car as a magical object today?

The car has been compared to a cathedral; "a great creation designed with passion by unknown artists." What myths surround the car, which transforms our bodies and our thinking?

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€3,000 allocated on 23/11/2023
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NF/2020/019

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