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- catalog abstract ""The turn of the millennium is characterized by exponential growth in everything related to communication - from the internet and email to air traffic. 'The Tyranny of the Moment' deals with some of the most perplexing paradoxes of this new information age. Who would have expected that apparently time-saving technology results in time being scarcer than ever? And has this seemingly limitless access to information led to confusion rather than enlightenment? Thomas Eriksen argues that slow time - private periods where we are able to think and correspond coherently without interuption - is now one of the most precious resources we have, and it is becoming a major political issue. Since we are now theoretically 'online' 24 hours a day, we must fight for the right to be unavailable - the right to live and think more slowly. It is not only that working hours have become longer - Eriksen also shows how the logic of this new information technology has, in the space of just a few years, permeated every area of our lives. This is equally true for those living in poorer parts of the globe usually depicted as outside the reaches of the information age, as well as those in the West. Exploring phenomena such as the world wide web, wap telephones, multi-channel television and email, 'The Tyranny of the Moment' examines this new, non-linear and fragmented way of communicating to reveal the effect it has on working conditions in the new economy, changes in family life and, ultimately, personal identity. Eriksen argues that a culture lacking a sense of its past, and therefore of its future, is effectively static. Although solutions are suggested, he demonstrates that there is no easy way out."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Øyeblikkets tyranni. English".
- catalog contributor b12283839.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The turn of the millennium is characterized by exponential growth in everything related to communication - from the internet and email to air traffic. 'The Tyranny of the Moment' deals with some of the most perplexing paradoxes of this new information age. Who would have expected that apparently time-saving technology results in time being scarcer than ever? And has this seemingly limitless access to information led to confusion rather than enlightenment? Thomas Eriksen argues that slow time - private periods where we are able to think and correspond coherently without interuption - is now one of the most precious resources we have, and it is becoming a major political issue. Since we are now theoretically 'online' 24 hours a day, we must fight for the right to be unavailable - the right to live and think more slowly. It is not only that working hours have become longer - Eriksen also shows how the logic of this new information technology has, in the space of just a few years, permeated every area of our lives. This is equally true for those living in poorer parts of the globe usually depicted as outside the reaches of the information age, as well as those in the West. Exploring phenomena such as the world wide web, wap telephones, multi-channel television and email, 'The Tyranny of the Moment' examines this new, non-linear and fragmented way of communicating to reveal the effect it has on working conditions in the new economy, changes in family life and, ultimately, personal identity. Eriksen argues that a culture lacking a sense of its past, and therefore of its future, is effectively static. Although solutions are suggested, he demonstrates that there is no easy way out."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 180 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tyranny of the moment.".
- catalog identifier "074531774X (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0745317758 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "9780745317748 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "9780745317755 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tyranny of the moment.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng nor".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press,".
- catalog relation "Tyranny of the moment.".
- catalog subject "303.48/33 21".
- catalog subject "Computers and civilization.".
- catalog subject "Contrainte de temps.".
- catalog subject "HM851 .E75 2001".
- catalog subject "Informatiemaatschappij. gtt".
- catalog subject "Informatietechnologie. gtt".
- catalog subject "Information society.".
- catalog subject "Information technology Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Ordinateurs et civilisation.".
- catalog subject "Sociale aspecten. gtt".
- catalog subject "Société informatisée.".
- catalog subject "Technologie de l'information Aspect social.".
- catalog subject "Temps Aspect social.".
- catalog subject "Tijd. gtt".
- catalog subject "Time Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Time pressure.".
- catalog title "Tyranny of the moment : fast and slow time in the information age / Thomas Hylland Eriksen.".
- catalog title "Øyeblikkets tyranni. English".
- catalog type "text".