Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left - Couverture rigide

Taylor, Mark C.

 
9780300206470: Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left
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ISBN 10 : 030020647X ISBN 13 : 9780300206470
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2014

Synopsis

A leading thinker asks why “faster” is synonymous with “better” in our hurried world and suggests how to take control of our runaway lives

We live in an ever-accelerating world: faster computers, markets, food, fashion, product cycles, minds, bodies, kids, lives.  When did everything start moving so fast? Why does speed seem so inevitable?  Is faster always better?

Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology, fashion, and finance, Mark C. Taylor presents an original and rich account of a great paradox of our times: how the very forces and technologies that were supposed to free us by saving time and labor now trap us in a race we can never win. The faster we go, the less time we have, and the more we try to catch up, the farther behind we fall.  Connecting our speed-obsession with today’s global capitalism, he composes a grand narrative showing how commitments to economic growth and extreme competition, combined with accelerating technological innovation, have brought us close to disaster.  Psychologically, environmentally, economically, and culturally, speed is taking a profound toll on our lives.

By showing how the phenomenon of speed has emerged, Taylor offers us a chance to see our pace of life as the product of specific ideas, practices, and policies.  It’s not inevitable or irreversible.  He courageously and movingly invites us to imagine how we might patiently work towards a more deliberative life and sustainable world.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mark C. Taylor is professor and chair, Department of Religion, Columbia University. He lives in Williamstown, MA and New York, NY.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
030020647X
ISBN 13 
9780300206470
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
408
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0300216793 ISBN 13 :  9780300216790
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2015
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