Tyranny of the Moment

Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

The turn of the millennium is characterised by exponential growth in everything related to communication – from the internet and email to air traffic. Tyranny of the Moment deals with the most perplexing paradoxes of this new information age. Who would have expected that apparently timesaving technology results in time being scarcer than ever? And has this seemingly limitless access to information led to confusion rather than enlightenment?Eriksen argues that slow time – private periods where we are able to think and correspond without interruption – is now one of the most precious resources we have.

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Utgivningsdatum:2001-08-20
Mått:135 x 215 x 11 mm
Vikt:295 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745317748

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Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962 – 2024) was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He was among the most highly cited anthropologists of his generation, and his classic and accessible textbook Small Places, Large Issues remains a cornerstone in anthropology courses. His later books, including Overheating, tackled the important issue of climate change within the discipline.

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'I found myself both charmed and challenged. The subject is an important one, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen handles it with style, a light touch, and many amiable provocations'

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroduction: Mind the Gap!2. Information Culture, Information Cult3. The Time of the Book, the Clock and Money4. Speed5. Exponential Growth6. Stacking7. The Lego Brick Syndrome8. The Pleasures of Slow TimeSourcesIndex