Time

Prologue.

PART I What is Time?.

Interlude: Time Is.

1 Time Stories.

Gods of Time.

In the Beginning.

Paradise and the Fall.

Encounters with Death.

Journeys to the Otherworld.

Cycles of Renewal and Regeneration.

Beyond Death: Resurrection and Redemption.

Reflections: Myth for Today’s Theory and Practice.

Interlude: Representations of Time.

2 Time Theories I.

Western Philosophy: From Ontology to Epistemology.

Natural Science: Clockwork Universe and Change.

Enlightenment Theories: A Priori and Dialectic.

Social Theory: Practice, Value and Category.

Interlude: Time Perspectives.

3 Time Theories II.

Western Philosophy: Time Within.

The Sciences of System-Specific Times.

Social Theory and the Past, Present and Future.

PART II What is the Role of Time in Social Life?.

Interlude: Time Transcendence.

4 Cultural Practices of Time Transcendence.

Making Time Stand Still.

Knowing Fate, Forging Futures.

Creating Immortality and Permanence.

Modifying Nature’s Times and Rhythms.

Superimposing Phases and Social Structure.

Interlude: Body Time, Clock Time, Social Time.

5 In Pursuit of Time Know-how.

Reckoning Time.

Creating Clock Time.

Mobilising World Time.

Networking Instantaneity.

Interlude: Time Complexities & Hierarchies.

6 The Quest for Time Control.

Commodification.

Compressions.

Colonization.

Control.

Interlude: Futures.

Epilogue.

Notes.

Further Reading.

Bibliography.

Index