Time as Construct (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Independently Published, 2025
Serie: Libro 5 de 17 - The Definitive Watch Series: The Real Stories Behind Legendary Timepieces
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Paperback. Time is perhaps the most intimate and elusive aspect of human existence. We live by it, plan around it, measure it, and yet, when pressed, we cannot touch it, see it, or hold it. It slips through our fingers, both a guide and a constraint, a tool and a tyranny. For centuries, philosophers, scientists, and thinkers have tried to pin it down, to define it, to prove it, to master it. And yet, time continues to evade certainty, resisting the linear, mechanistic, and universal assumptions that so often govern our lives. This book offers a bold, comprehensive, and deeply reflective exploration of time as a constructed, lived, and culturally situated phenomenon. Drawing on phenomenology, cross-cultural philosophy, African temporal frameworks, psychology, and science, it challenges the conventional assumption that time is a universal property of the cosmos. Instead, it presents a radical thesis: time is not discovered; it is actively constructed-by consciousness, by culture, by institutions, and by each of us in our lived experience. Readers will encounter classical and modern philosophy, from Kant and Hume to Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger, Derrida, and Foucault, alongside African philosophical concepts such as Mbiti's Sasha and Zamani, as well as Jungian notions of synchronicity and archetypal time. Scientific perspectives, particularly Einstein's relativity, are examined not as metaphysical revelations but as sophisticated, functional constructs that illuminate the ways humans organize experience. The book blends rigorous analysis with vivid, phenomenological description, offering practical insight into how time shapes attention, memory, anticipation, and ethical life. This work is not only academic but profoundly practical. It addresses the psychological anxieties and social pressures that arise from uncritical adherence to linear, mechanical, or externally imposed temporal frameworks. By examining multiple temporal perspectives and offering strategies for conscious temporal construction, the book equips readers to navigate life with freedom, coherence, and significance. It demonstrates how cultivating awareness of temporal structures can reduce stress, enhance relational depth, and foster ethical and existential flourishing. At its core, this book is a philosophical journey and a practical guide: a guide to understanding, questioning, and ultimately choosing the temporal frameworks that shape our lives. It is an invitation to explore time not as an oppressive measure but as a medium for freedom, ethical action, creativity, and relational richness. As Tolstoy reminds us, "Patience is power," and herein lies the ultimate insight: to inhabit time with presence, awareness, and intention is to claim the profound power that every human being possesses. Whether you are a scholar seeking a deeper understanding of temporality, a professional navigating the relentless demands of modern life, or a thoughtful reader contemplating the meaning of existence, this book offers both intellectual rigor and practical guidance. It is a journey across disciplines, cultures, and consciousness itself-a journey that illuminates time not as an external, absolute force, but as a human horizon that can be shaped, understood, and ultimately inhabited with freedom, depth, and significance. Welcome to a phenomenological, philosophical, and practical exploration of time as we live it, construct it, and can transform it. Dr. Cor P.M. van Houte This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9798299303360
- Título
- Time as Construct (Paperback)
- Autor
- Cor P.M. Van Houte
- Editorial
- Independently Published
- Año de publicación
- 2025
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798299303360
- Serie
- Libro 5 de 17: The Definitive Watch Series: The Real Stories Behind Legendary Timepieces
This book offers a bold, comprehensive, and deeply reflective exploration of time as a constructed, lived, and culturally situated phenomenon. Drawing on phenomenology, cross-cultural philosophy, African temporal frameworks, psychology, and science, it challenges the conventional assumption that time is a universal property of the cosmos. Instead, it presents a radical thesis: time is not discovered; it is actively constructed—by consciousness, by culture, by institutions, and by each of us in our lived experience. Readers will encounter classical and modern philosophy, from Kant and Hume to Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger, Derrida, and Foucault, alongside African philosophical concepts such as Mbiti’s Sasha and Zamani, as well as Jungian notions of synchronicity and archetypal time. Scientific perspectives, particularly Einstein’s relativity, are examined not as metaphysical revelations but as sophisticated, functional constructs that illuminate the ways humans organize experience. The book blends rigorous analysis with vivid, phenomenological description, offering practical insight into how time shapes attention, memory, anticipation, and ethical life.
This work is not only academic but profoundly practical. It addresses the psychological anxieties and social pressures that arise from uncritical adherence to linear, mechanical, or externally imposed temporal frameworks. By examining multiple temporal perspectives and offering strategies for conscious temporal construction, the book equips readers to navigate life with freedom, coherence, and significance. It demonstrates how cultivating awareness of temporal structures can reduce stress, enhance relational depth, and foster ethical and existential flourishing.
At its core, this book is a philosophical journey and a practical guide: a guide to understanding, questioning, and ultimately choosing the temporal frameworks that shape our lives. It is an invitation to explore time not as an oppressive measure but as a medium for freedom, ethical action, creativity, and relational richness. As Tolstoy reminds us, “Patience is power,” and herein lies the ultimate insight: to inhabit time with presence, awareness, and intention is to claim the profound power that every human being possesses. Whether you are a scholar seeking a deeper understanding of temporality, a professional navigating the relentless demands of modern life, or a thoughtful reader contemplating the meaning of existence, this book offers both intellectual rigor and practical guidance. It is a journey across disciplines, cultures, and consciousness itself—a journey that illuminates time not as an external, absolute force, but as a human horizon that can be shaped, understood, and ultimately inhabited with freedom, depth, and significance.
Welcome to a phenomenological, philosophical, and practical exploration of time as we live it, construct it, and can transform it.
Dr. Cor P.M. van Houte
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