Inicio > Sociedad y ciencias sociales > Sociología y antropología > Antropología > Antropología social y cultural, etnografía > Objects of Time
Objects of Time

Objects of Time

Kevin K. Birth

120,60 €
IVA incluido
Consulta disponibilidad
Editorial:
Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2012
Materia
Antropología social y cultural, etnografía
ISBN:
9781137017871

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)
¡Pregúntanos!
Sobre IBD

Every time you consult a calendar or clock, other people are thinking for you. Most users of these tools only know how to interpret the representations of time these objects provide, not the logics behind the representations. Those logics were others’ ideas. This book looks at how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Such objects empower us to think about time certain ways, but they also contain hidden assumptions about time that deflect our awareness away from the complicated rhythms of our lives and our world. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do so in relationship to globalization. By using ethnographic and historical data, Birth argues that we must recognize the cognitive effects of our timekeeping devices, and that we must also recognize that they do not adequately capture many important aspects of time or life.

Artículos relacionados

  • Multidimensional Time
    Robert Kersten
    Time is a concept we all use every day to measure the passage of our days and lives without giving it much thought. Physics inherently does not limit time to going forward only, but it is treated that way since we do not understand time any other way.  Could time have multidimensions, just like space has?   What would it mean to move in multidimensional time?  This book on mult...
    Disponible

    12,24 €

  • It’s About Time
    N. David Mermin
    A readable and entertaining look at how Einstein’s special theory of relativity gives us a new understanding of the nature of timeRelativity ought to be an important part of everyone’s education. Its subject is time, with which we all think we are familiar. Einstein’s special theory of relativity reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong. T...
    Disponible

    22,53 €

  • It’s About Time
    N. David Mermin
    In It’s About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone’s education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advance...
  • TRADD
    Evert Corneilous Schoevers
    Embark on a transformative cosmic odyssey with TRADD: Total Relativity And Dimensional Dynamics by E. C. Schoevers. In this mind-expanding exploration, Schoevers challenges established scientific paradigms, redefining our understanding of the universe. Delve into the mysteries of space, as TRADD reintroduces it as a tangible entity, prompting profound reconsideration.Schoevers ...
    Disponible

    37,50 €

  • How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
    Arnold Bennett
    'How to Live on 24 Hours a Day' is a notable work by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1910. This short book is a classic in the self-help genre and is often considered a pioneering work in time management literature. The central theme of the book revolves around making the most of one’s time, especially in the context of a busy and demanding modern life. The premise of the bo...
    Disponible

    10,45 €

  • Time’s Arrow and Archimedes’ Point
    Huw Price
    ...
    Disponible

    36,60 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Time Blind
    Kevin K. Birth
    This book explores how modern concepts of time constrain our understanding of temporal diversity. Time is a necessary and pervasive dimension of scholarship, yet rarely have the cultural assumptions about time been explored.  This book looks at how anthropology--a discipline known for the study of cultural, linguistic, historical, and biological variation and differences--is bl...
    Disponible

    66,79 €

  • Objects of Time
    Kevin K. Birth
    Every time you consult a calendar or clock, other people are thinking for you. Most users of these tools only know how to interpret the representations of time these objects provide, not the logics behind the representations. Those logics were others’ ideas. This book looks at how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Such objects empower us to think about ...
    Disponible

    97,35 €