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Contents Acknowledgements Prologue PART I - What is Time? Interlude: Time Is 1. Time Stories Gods of Time In the Beginning Paradise & the Fall Encounters with Death Journeys to the Otherworld Cycles of Renewal & Regeneration Beyond Death: Resurrection & Redemption Reflections: Myth for Today's Theory & Practice Interlude: Representations of Time 2. Time Theories I Western Philosophy: From Ontology to Epistemology Natural Science: Clock-work 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 & Future PART II - What is the Role of Time in Social Life? Interlude: Time Transcendence 4. Cultural Practices of Transcendence Making Time Stand Still Knowing Fate, Forging Futures Creating Immortality & Permanence Modifying Nature's Times & Rhythms Superimposing Phases & Social Structure Interlude: Body Time, Clock Time, Social Time 5. In Pursuit of Know-how Reckoning Time Creating Clock Time Mobilising World Time Networking Instantaneity Interlude: Time Complexities & Hierarchies 6. The Quest for Time Control Commodification Compressions Colonisation Control Interlude: Futures Epilogue Further Reading References
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Time Sociological aspects, Time Social aspects