Sanctuary is the historical name for spaces where a self can form

Evidence

Inside the hive, it is easy to forget that every exit is an entrance. To exit the hive means to enter that territory beyond, where one finds refuge from the artificially tuned-up social pressure of the others. Exit leaves behind the point of view of the Other-One in favor of entering a space in which one’s gaze can finally settle inward. To exit means to enter the place where a self can be birthed and nurtured. History has a name for that kind of place: sanctuary. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1513

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Worth chasing: what historical instances of sanctuary does Zuboff develop next, and what renders a space a genuine sanctuary against surveillance architecture?
  • XREF: connects to: Sanctuary is an ancient antidote to totalizing power, not merely a religious custom — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1527; Car interior becomes a forced-confession space for authentic selfhood — Grant Bollmer, Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory: A Marxist…, 190; The self is the inward space where lived experience becomes personal meaning. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 904

Broader Connections