| Naturally Late: Synchronization in Socially Constructed Times Contributor(s): Johncock, Will (Author) |
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ISBN: 1786611937 ISBN-13: 9781786611932 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $164.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory |
| Dewey: 650.11 |
| LCCN: 2018057205 |
| Series: New Critical Humanities |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.19 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Is time a natural reality that social symbols such as clocks and calendars merely contingently represent? Lateness protocols seemingly exhibit such contingency, for not all cultures regulate synchronization identically. Just as social/cultural time structures are interpreted to diverge from time's natural rhythm, body modifications are often presented as social productions that divert human bodies from their naturally originated, corporeal temporality. A similar separation informs climate change discourses, supposing a natural rhythm that industrialized culture has invaded, the effects of which humans might be too late to arrest. Interrogating this conceptual separation matters, given that if certain times are considered to be more natural than others, a situated politics emerges regarding the associated cultural structures. Furthermore, our personal investments in experiences of lateness, which are embedded within social time, seemingly contradict the constructionist impression that social time is merely a contingent misrepresentation of what time actually is. Through Derridian deconstruction, Merleau-Pontian phenomenology, and Bergsonian time-philosophy, complemented with voices from fields including object oriented ontology, new materialism, and new criticism, this book re-evaluates the timing of times from a philosophical perspective. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johncock, Will: - Will Johncock is a Lecturer in Sociology at UNSW Sydney. He has published book chapters and articles in journals including Philosophy Today, Ephemera, Journal of Australian Studies, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour and Phenomenology and Practice. |
