Empires of Speed: Time and the Acceleration of Politics and Society - Couverture rigide

Livre 3 sur 6: Supplements to the Study of Time

Hassan, Robert

 
9789004175907: Empires of Speed: Time and the Acceleration of Politics and Society
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004175903 ISBN 13 : 9789004175907
Editeur : Brill, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert Hassan is leading thinker on the relationships between social time and information technologies. He is co-editor (with Hartmut Rosa) of the journal Time & Society. His most recent book is The Information Society (Polity, 2008).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004175903
ISBN 13 
9789004175907
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
254
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Personne responsable
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