Time and World
$30.39
- Paperback
220 pages
- Release Date
22 December 2025
Summary
Hartmut Rosa is a leading social theorist whose books on social acceleration and resonance have become milestones in discussions about the problems and promises of late modern societies. Rosa not only presents a critical diagnosis of our times but also searches for innovative solutions.
This new collection of Rosa’s essays provides an overview of his work and explores key topics and concepts in depth. Among the subjects discussed are Charles Taylor’s account of alienation, self-interp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509566273 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509566279 |
| Author: | Hartmut Rosa, Frederic Vandenberghe, Christophe Fricker |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 220 |
| Release Date: | 22 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 150mm x 226mm |
Critics Review
“The foremost German social theorist of his generation, Hartmut Rosa is increasingly famous in translation but his work is not well integrated into either English-language sociology or interdisciplinary social theory. This book will help. It includes key essays that show not only the development of Rosa’s thought but also enduring orientations that clarify it. Frédéric Vandenberghe’s introduction is helpful. Students who want to grasp the arguments, not just the one-word labels, of Rosa’s big books like Social Acceleration and Resonance, would do well to start here.”
Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University and Princeton University
Hartmut Rosa
Hartmut Rosa is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, and Director of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany.
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