ISBN:
0271036079
,
9780271036076
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 313 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version High-speed society
DDC:
304.2/37
Keywords:
Time pressure
;
Time Social aspects
;
Speed Social aspects
Abstract:
"Examines the processes of acceleration in politics, economic, culture, and society at large. Focuses on why and how the high-speed contours of crucial forms of social activity now shape so many facets of human existence, and suggests possible responses"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
""Front Cover""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Part 1. Classical Perspectives on Social Acceleration ""; ""1. A Law of Acceleration ""; ""2. The Pace of Life and the Money Economy ""; ""3. The New Religion-Morality of Speed ""; ""4. The Mania for Motion and Speed ""; ""5. The Motorized Legislator ""; ""Part 2. High-Speed Society: Theoretical Foundations ""; ""6. Social Acceleration: Ethical and Political Consequences of a Desynchronized High-Speed Society ""; ""7. Is There an Acceleration of History? ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""8. The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Globalizing Capital and Their Impact on State Power and Democracy """"9. The Contraction of the Present ""; ""10. Speeding Up and Slowing Down ""; ""Part 3. High-Speed Society: Political Consequences?""; ""11. The State of Emergency ""; ""12. The Nihilism of Speed: On the Work of Paul Virilio ""; ""13. Temporal Rhythms and Military Force: Acceleration, Deceleration, and War ""; ""14. Speed, Concentric Cultures, and Cosmopolitanism ""; ""15. Citizenship and Speed ""; ""List of Contributors ""; ""Index ""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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