Time and society /

"Time-consciousness - long a shared objective of philosophy and social thought - is key to understanding different cultures and their cognitive adaptation to one another. Warren D. TenHouten's book achieves this goal by providing a three-level theory of time-consciousness, its neurocogniti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: TenHouten, Warren D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Time > Sociological aspects.
Temps > Aspect sociologique.
Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11)
Indigenous knowledge.
Psychology - Adaptation.
Psychology - Cognition.
Psychology - Dreams and symbolism.
Religion - Dreaming - Creation / Cosmology.
Social organisation.
Time > Sociological aspects
Psychoanalysis and culture > Australia.
Thought and thinking.
Cognition and culture > Australia.
Time perception.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Time-consciousness - long a shared objective of philosophy and social thought - is key to understanding different cultures and their cognitive adaptation to one another. Warren D. TenHouten's book achieves this goal by providing a three-level theory of time-consciousness, its neurocognitive basis, and social organization. Using classical and contemporary ethnographies of Australian Aborigines and Euro-Australians to support his theory, TenHouten shows how involvement in hedonic sociality - emphasizing equality and community - leads to time that is cyclical, present oriented, and more generally natural; whereas agonic sociality - based an inequality and agency - leads to time that is linear, future oriented, and more generally rational."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and indexes.
ISBN:9780791483459
0791483452

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