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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hassan, Robert, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Supplements to The study of time ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Time > Sociological aspects.
Information society.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Computers and civilization.
Temps > Aspect sociologique.
Société de l'information.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect social.
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
Computers and civilization
Information society
Information technology > Social aspects
Time > Sociological aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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