Objects of time

Objects of time: how things shape temporality

by Birth, Kevin K.

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"This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time--it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do so in relationship to globalization. By using ethnographic and historical data, the book argues that we must recognize the cognitive effects of our timekeeping devices, and that we must also recogni…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Objects of time : how things shape temporality / Kevin K. Birth.

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"This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time--it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do so in relationship to globalization. By using ethnographic and historical data, the book argues that we must recognize the cognitive effects of our timekeeping devices, and that we must also recognize that they do not adequately capture many important aspects of time or life"--Provided by publisher.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2012.
  • Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 211 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781137017895, 1137017899, 1283641208, 9781283641203
  • DOI:10.1057/9781137017895
  • oclc:ocn812506807
  • LC Classification:HM656
  • Dewey Decimal:304.2/37

Table of Contents

The Material Invention of Time -- A Necromantic Device, or How Clocks Think -- Calendrical Uniformity versus Planned Uncanniness -- Polyrhythmic Temporalities (Confounding the Artifacts) -- Globeness: Time and the Embodied, Biological Consequences of Globalization -- Creeping Cognitive Homochronicity and the End of the Time of Earth.

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Subjects

Culture matérielle Material culture material culture (discipline) Perception du temps SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography Temps -- Aspect sociologique Temps -- Philosophie Time -- Philosophy Time -- Sociological aspects Time perception

Writers

Birth, Kevin K.

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