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Time / Barbara Adam.

By:

Adam, Barbara, 1945- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0745627781
9780745627786

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Contents:

What is time? -- Interlude: time is -- Time stories -- Interlude: representations of time -- Time theories I -- Time theories II -- What is the role of time in social life? -- Interlude: time transcendence -- Cultural practices of time transcendence -- In pursuit of time know-how -- The quest for time control.

Summary: "What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed computer networks and globalized social relations. The book poses key questions about the nature of time, how it is conceptualized, what it means in practice and how the parameters set by nature have been transcended across the ages by the human quest for time know-how and control. It provides the reader with a good basis for understanding the role of time in contemporary social life. This book assumes no previous knowledge. Through its broad perspective and transdisciplinary approach it provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction for students and teachers across the social sciences."--Book cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room	HM656 .A33 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31560000010450

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-176) and index.

"What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed computer networks and globalized social relations. The book poses key questions about the nature of time, how it is conceptualized, what it means in practice and how the parameters set by nature have been transcended across the ages by the human quest for time know-how and control. It provides the reader with a good basis for understanding the role of time in contemporary social life. This book assumes no previous knowledge. Through its broad perspective and transdisciplinary approach it provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction for students and teachers across the social sciences."--Book cover.

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Scholarly text for college level: Exploring key concepts in the sociology of time: Time stories, Time Theories, cultural practices of time, Pursuit of time know-how, quest for time control. Bibliography, Index

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