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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Barbara Adam (Time & Society - peer-reviewed academic journal)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.284kg ISBN: 9780745614076ISBN 10: 0745614078 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 17 May 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Time is a Fact of Life. 1. Time in Social Theory: Destiny, Necessity, Enigma. 2. From the Measure of Motion of Entropy. 3. Rhythmicity: Source of Life and Form. 4. Human Time Studied. 5. Industrial Time and Power. 6. Time Transcended. 7. Time for Social Theory: Points of Departure. References.ReviewsWINNER 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 WINNER OF THE 1991 PHILIP ABRAMS MEMORIAL PRIZE. a 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.a Michael Young, Director, Institute of Community Studies a 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 a borrowinga but as illustrations of a direction to be followed.a Sociology a Barbara Adam has written a superb book.a Time and Society Author InformationBarbara Adam is editor of Time and Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |