{"product_id":"time-paperback-softback-9780745627786","title":"Time (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745627786","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTime\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\"\u003e9780745627786, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 February 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.245 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“Read a few paragraphs and your mind is racing onto other themes, examples and questions. The book can be used in a variety of different ways and the reader is fortunate that Barbara Adam has not lost her gift for bringing a sense of urgency and excitement to the topic.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“An obvious candidate to be the book which anyone should read if they want an overview of the field, but it will also offers fresh insights to those who have already made their own temporal investigations ... it is a delight to me to see the full flowering of such a persistent and imaginative scholar.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The path it traces through the history of human thought about time is illuminating.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKronoscope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a very wide-ranging and erudite examination of countless notions of time throughout history. Barbara Adam sets out a whole new agenda for ‘time’ analysis.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Urry, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Lancaster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“In a book grounded in top-notch scholarship, Barbara Adam traces how time has been viewed and lived through history and civilization.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRonald Purser, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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\"\u003eWhat is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed computer networks and globalized social relations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book poses key questions about the nature of time, how it is conceptualized, what it means in practice and how the parameters set by nature have been transcended across the ages by the human quest for time know-how and control. It provides the reader with a good basis for understanding the role of time in contemporary social life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book assumes no previous knowledge. Through its broad perspective and transdisciplinary approach it provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction for students and teachers across the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003ePrologue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I What is Time?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Time Is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Time Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGods of Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadise and the Fall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncounters with Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJourneys to the Otherworld.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCycles of Renewal and Regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Death: Resurrection and Redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflections: Myth for Today’s Theory and Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Representations of Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Time Theories I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWestern Philosophy: From Ontology to Epistemology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Science: Clockwork Universe and Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnlightenment Theories: A Priori and Dialectic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Theory: Practice, Value and Category.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Time Perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Time Theories II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWestern Philosophy: Time Within.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sciences of System-Specific Times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Theory and the Past, Present and Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II What is the Role of Time in Social Life?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Time Transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Cultural Practices of Time Transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Time Stand Still.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing Fate, Forging Futures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating Immortality and Permanence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModifying Nature’s Times and Rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuperimposing Phases and Social Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Body Time, Clock Time, Social Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 In Pursuit of Time Know-how.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReckoning Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating Clock Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobilising World Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetworking Instantaneity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Time Complexities \u0026amp; Hierarchies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Quest for Time Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommodification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompressions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Futures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\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":52458358833432,"sku":"9780745627786","price":15.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745627786.jpg?v=1785371521","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/time-paperback-softback-9780745627786","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}