High-speed society
Subtitle: social acceleration, power, and modernity
By: edited by Hartmut Rosa and William E. Scheuerman.
Contributors: Rosa, Hartmut, 1965-; Scheuerman, William E., 1965-
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780271034164
Subjects: Speed -- Social aspects; Time -- Social aspects; Time pressure
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A law of acceleration / Henry Adams; title: The pace of life and the money economy / Georg Simmel; title: The new religion-morality of speed / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti; title: The mania for motion and speed / John Dewey; title: The motorized legislator / Carl Schmitt; title: Social acceleration : ethical and political consequences of a desychronized high-speed society / Hartmut Rosa; title: Is there an acceleration of history? / Reinhart Koselleck; title: The spatiotemporal dynamics of globalizing capital and their impact on state power and democracy / Bob Jessop; title: The contraction of the present / Hermann LÄbbe; title: Speeding up and slowing down / John Urry; title: The state of emergency / Paul Virilio; title: The nihilism of speed : on the work of Paul Virilio / Stefan Breuer; title: Temporal rhythms and military force : acceleration, deceleration, and war / Herfried MÄnkler; title: Speed, concentric circles, and cosmopolitanism / William E. Connolly; title: Citizenship and speed / William E. Scheuerman.