Time (Key Concepts) - Tapa blanda

Adam, Barbara

 
9780745627786: Time (Key Concepts)
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0745627781 ISBN 13: 9780745627786
Editorial: Polity Press, 2004

Sinopsis

What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives?


In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed computer networks and globalized social relations.

The book poses key questions about the nature of time, how it is conceptualized, what it means in practice and how the parameters set by nature have been transcended across the ages by the human quest for time know-how and control. It provides the reader with a good basis for understanding the role of time in contemporary social life.


This book assumes no previous knowledge. Through its broad perspective and transdisciplinary approach it provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction for students and teachers across the social sciences.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Barbara Adam is Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University.

De la contraportada

What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives?


In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed computer networks and globalized social relations. The book poses key questions about the nature of time, how it is conceptualized, what it means in practice and how the parameters set by nature have been transcended across the ages by the human quest for time know-how and control. It provides the reader with a good basis for understanding the role of time in contemporary social life.


This book assumes no previous knowledge. Through its broad perspective and transdisciplinary approach it provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction for students and teachers across the social sciences.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Polity Press
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0745627781
ISBN 13 
9780745627786
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
196
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780745627779: Time: Surviving Conflict and Crisis (Key Concepts)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0745627773 ISBN 13:  9780745627779
Editorial: Polity Press, 2004
Tapa dura