| Empires of Speed: Time and the Acceleration of Politics and Society Contributor(s): Hassan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004175903 ISBN-13: 9789004175907 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $160.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: Explaining and comparing the rise and effects of the 'empires' of clock time and 'network time', "Empires of Speed" argues with power and clarity that our network society is hurtling fast through a volatile present into an increasingly precarious future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Science | Time - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| Series: Supplements to the Study of Time |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.7" (1.25 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The beginning of the 21st century is witnessing the emergence of a social, political and technological revolution in networked computing. We now live in a networked society, but it functions and develops at such an accelerating rate that it becomes increasingly difficult to adequately understand the nature of this radical society. Empires of Speed is the first book to analyse the far-reaching transformations of speed-filled everyday life. In a compelling study Hassan shows that we are leaving behind a modern world based upon the time of the clock, and are entering a new and volatile phase where an accelerating 'network time' poses fundamental economic and political challenges in our postmodern world, challenges we barely comprehend and are thus woefully unprepared for. |