Time and Social Theory, 1st Edition
$63.90
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
17 May 1994
Summary
Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time-related concerns. This book argues that time should be a key part of social theory and focuses concern upon issues which have emerged as central to an understanding of today’s social world. Through her analysis of time Barbara Adam shows that our contemporary social theories are firmly embedded in Newtonian science an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780745614076 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0745614078 |
| Author: | Barbara Adam |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 17 May 1994 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 154mm x 15mm |
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WINNER 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
About The Author
Barbara Adam
Barbara Adam is editor of Time and Society.
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