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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b13170092.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-176) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "vi, 184 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0745627773 (hc : acid-free)".
- catalog identifier "0745627781 (pb : acid-free)".
- catalog isPartOf "Key concepts (Polity Press)".
- catalog isPartOf "Key concepts".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity,".
- catalog subject "304.2/3 22".
- catalog subject "HM656 .A33 2004".
- catalog subject "Time Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Time Sociological aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Time / Barbara Adam.".
- catalog type "text".