ABSTRACT
We speak of man’s passage through the critical zone, but man is not simply a passerby who would have only a geographical location with what he crosses; he is himself … this zone and this line.
This chapter discusses an important factor in postmodernity, namely that of mobility, ‘nomadism’3 and ‘errant’4 journeying in its various forms as this relates to a religiosity of everyday life or as a subversive a/theology. The latter represents the nomadic ‘liminal thinking of marginal thinkers’,5 where there is only flux, ambiguities and contestations to conventional thought and established spatial practices. In reflecting on changing spatial practices in Thai Buddhism, one forest monk for instance mentioned to me that nowadays walking in the post-metropolis, as opposed to the more tradition-bound familial countryside, pedestrians are
1 Phra Rajanirodharangsee (1902-1994), see 1993, The Autobiography of a Forest Monk: Venerable Ajahn Tate (trans. Bhikkhu Ariyesako), Bangkok: Amarin Printing & Pubishing, p.67.
