Social acceleration : a new theory of modernity /

Social acceleration : a new theory of modernity /

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Author / Creator:Rosa, Hartmut, 1965-
Uniform title:Beschleunigung. English
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013.
©2013
Description:1 online resource (xl, 470 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:New directions in critical theory
New directions in critical theory.
Subject:
Time perception.
Time pressure.
Time -- Sociological aspects.
Social change.
Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
Civilization, Modern.
Social change.
Time perception.
Time pressure.
Time -- Sociological aspects.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11191812
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Other authors / contributors:Trejo-Mathys, Jonathan.
ISBN:9780231519885
0231519885
9780231148344
0231148348
9781306310796
1306310792
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the German.
Print version record.
Summary:Hartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation, communication, and production; the acceleration of social change, reflected in cultural knowledge, social institutions, and personal relationships; and acceleration in the pace of life, which happens despite the expectation that technological change should increase an individual's free time. According to Rosa, both the structural and cultural.
Other form:Print version: Rosa, Hartmut, 1965- Beschleunigung. English. Social acceleration. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231148344
Standard no.:99955150473

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