{"product_id":"time-and-social-theory-paperback-softback-9780745614076","title":"Time and Social Theory (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745614076","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTime and Social Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarbara Adam (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745614076, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 May 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.284 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWINNER OF THE 1991 PHILIP ABRAMS MEMORIAL PRIZE.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Barbara Adam will be read well into the next century not only for her remarkable understanding of human time but for the link she makes with the conception of time held by physicists and biologists.' \u003ci\u003eMichael Young, Director, Institute of Community Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Very important ... an exceptionally clearly expressed account of issues usually dealt with in the most clotted writing. It is a genuine expression of sociological thought using the insights of other disciplines not as 'borrowing' but as illustrations of a direction to be followed.' \u003ci\u003eSociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Barbara Adam has written a superb book.' \u003ci\u003eTime and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time-related concerns. This book argues that time should be a key part of social theory and focuses concern upon issues which have emerged as central to an understanding of today's social world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough her analysis of time Barbara Adam shows that our contemporary social theories are firmly embedded in Newtonian science and classical dualistic philosophy. She exposes these classical frameworks of thought as inadequate to the task of conceptualizing our contemporary world of standardized time, computers, nuclear power and global telecommunications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Time is a Fact of Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Time in Social Theory: Destiny, Necessity, Enigma\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. From the Measure of Motion of Entropy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Rhythmicity: Source of Life and Form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Human Time Studied\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Industrial Time and Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Time Transcended\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Time for Social Theory: Points of Departure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470030303512,"sku":"9780745614076","price":16.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745614076.jpg?v=1785628890","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/time-and-social-theory-paperback-softback-9780745614076","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}