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Empires of speed : time and the acceleration of politics and society /

Explaining and comparing the rise and effects of the 'empires' of clock time and 'network time', Empires of Speedargues with power and clarity that our network society is hurtling fast through a volatile present into an increasingly precarious future.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hassan, Robert, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Supplements to The study of time ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A new empire
  • The first empire of speed : clock time modernity
  • The second empire of speed : networked society
  • Pathologies of speed
  • Cyberculture : a culture of speed
  • The speed of liberal democracy
  • Time for politics : a temporalized democracy.