Description
Through her analysis of time Barbara Adam shows that our contemporary social theories are firmly embedded in Newtonian science and classical dualistic philosophy. She exposes these classical frameworks of thought as inadequate to the task of conceptualizing our contemporary world of standardized time, computers, nuclear power and global telecommunications.
About the Author
Barbara Adam is editor of Time and Society.
Reviews
WINNER OF THE 1991 PHILIP ABRAMS MEMORIAL PRIZE.
'Barbara Adam will be read well into the next century not only for her remarkable understanding of human time but for the link she makes with the conception of time held by physicists and biologists.' Michael Young, Director, Institute of Community Studies
'Very important ... an exceptionally clearly expressed account of issues usually dealt with in the most clotted writing. It is a genuine expression of sociological thought using the insights of other disciplines not as 'borrowing' but as illustrations of a direction to be followed.' Sociology
'Barbara Adam has written a superb book.' Time and Society
Book Information
ISBN 9780745614076
Author Barbara Adam
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 284g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 15mm
