Timewatch : the social analysis of time

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Label

Timewatch : the social analysis of time

Title remainder

the social analysis of time

Statement of responsibility

Barbara Adam

Creator

• Adam, Barbara, 1945-
• Adam, Barbara, 1945-

Subject

• Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects
• Time -- Philosophy
• Time -- Social aspects
• Time perception

Language

eng

Summary

Time forms such an important part of our lives that it is rarely thought about. In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. The author looks at the many different ways in which time is experienced, in relation to the various contexts and institutions of social life. Among the topics discussed are time in the areas of health, education, work, globalization and environmental change. Through focus on the complexities of social time she explores ways of keeping together what social science traditions have taken apart, namely, time with reference to the personal - public, local-global and natural-cultural dimensions of social life

Cataloging source

DCC

Index

index present

LC call number

HM299

LC item number

.A3 1995

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography