| Capital Times: Tales from the Conquest of Time Volume 6 Contributor(s): Alliez, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816622604 ISBN-13: 9780816622603 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: Time is money, Benjamin Franklin once said, and in a highly original reading of European philosophy, Eric Alliez shows us how true this adage is. A history of the philosophy of time, and a comparison of ways of conceiving the temporal, this book is nothing less than an attempt to unravel the theoretical frameworks that have given time its shape in Western civilization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 115 |
| LCCN: 95040926 |
| Series: Theory Out of Bounds |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 7" W x 10.06" (1.58 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offers a history of the philosophy of time and a comparison of the ways of conceiving the temporal, concentrating on European philosophy and its impact the connection between time and money in Western civilization. Analyzes the social and political processes involved in conceptions of time in ancien |