Postmodern Deterritorialization and Extratemporality: the Lost Anchors of Everyday Existence

Abstract

The article examines the radical existential fragmentation of everyday space and time driven by postmodern digitalization and hyper-acceleration. The anchoring of the traditional lifeworld, which once ensured ontological grounding and inner duration, is replaced by virtualization, anonymous transient spaces, and a fragmented, "schizophrenic" time. The study profoundly reveals how the collapse of the harmonious spatio-temporal spring gives rise to a "frame-centered life," where the individual feverishly consumes a simulative, screen-based image instead of living reality meaningfully. Within this framework, the paper analyzes the transformation of the classic urban observer into a superficial tourist or rootless vagabond, the creation of a flawless digital mask at the expense of inner spiritual bankruptcy, the temporal disinfection of the body, and the self-destructive ephemeralization of art. It demonstrates that technological speed drains the existential density of the decisive moment, turning the everyday into liquid vanity. Ultimately, the everyday transforms into a complex existential project requiring a conscious effort to construct stable islands of subjectivity and identity anchors amidst the ruins of the lifeworld․