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Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity
Hartmut Rosa
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Description for Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity
Hardback. Translator(s): Trejo-Mathys, Jonathan. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 illus.; 3 Tables. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
Hartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation, communication, and production; the acceleration of social change, reflected in cultural knowledge, social institutions, and personal relationships; and acceleration in the pace of life, which happens despite the expectation that technological change should increase an individual's free time. According to Rosa, both the structural and cultural aspects of our institutions and practices are marked by the "shrinking of the present," a decreasing time period during ... Read more
Hartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation, communication, and production; the acceleration of social change, reflected in cultural knowledge, social institutions, and personal relationships; and acceleration in the pace of life, which happens despite the expectation that technological change should increase an individual's free time. According to Rosa, both the structural and cultural aspects of our institutions and practices are marked by the "shrinking of the present," a decreasing time period during ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
New Directions in Critical Theory
Condition
New
Weight
824g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231148344
SKU
V9780231148344
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About Hartmut Rosa
Hartmut Rosa is professor of sociology and political science at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena. He is the author of Alienation and Acceleration: Towards a Critical Theory of Late-Modern Temporality and coeditor, with William E. Scheuerman, High-Speed Society: Social Acceleration, Power, and Modernity. Jonathan Trejo-Mathys (1979-2014) was assistant professor of philosophy at Boston College.
Reviews for Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity
When I first picked up this book, I was looking forward to a leisurely reading on obscurantist Heideggerian bullshit. I was wrong. But once I got over my deep disappointment that the book was, in fact, intelligible and not littered with ramblings about Dasein, I began to appreciate the book for what it was. Critical Theory Blog