High-speed society, social acceleration, power, and modernity, edited by Hartmut Rosa and William E. Scheuerman
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High-speed society, social acceleration, power, and modernity, edited by Hartmut Rosa and William E. Scheuerman
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
High-speed society
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Hartmut Rosa and William E. Scheuerman
Sub title
social acceleration, power, and modernity
Summary
"Examines the processes of acceleration in politics, economic, culture, and society at large. Focuses on why and how the high-speed contours of crucial forms of social activity now shape so many facets of human existence, and suggests possible responses"--Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
A law of acceleration / Henry Adams -- The pace of life and the money economy / Georg Simmel -- The new religion-morality of speed / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti -- The mania for motion and speed / John Dewey -- The motorized legislator / Carl Schmitt -- Social acceleration : ethical and political consequences of a desynchronized high-speed society / Hartmut Rosa -- Is there an acceleration of history? / Reinhart Koselleck -- The spatiotemporal dynamics of globalizing capital and their impact on state power and democracy / Bob Jessop -- The contraction of the present / Hermann Lubbe -- Speeding up and slowing down / John Urry -- The state of emergency / Paul Virilio -- The nihilism of speed : on the work of Paul Virilio / Stefan Breuer -- Temporal rhythms and military force : acceleration, deceleration, and war / Herfried Munkler -- Speed, concentric circles, and cosmopolitanism / William E. Connolly -- Citizenship and speed / William E. Scheuerman
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