Anthropology of Time Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images

Name: Anthropology of Time Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images
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ISBN: 9780854968909

ISBN-10: 0854968903

ISBN-13: 9780854968909

Edition: 1992

Authors: Alfred Gell

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Time - relentless, ever-present but intangible and the single element over which human beings have no absolute control - has long proved a puzzle. The author examines the phenomenon of time and asks such fascinating questions as how time impinges on people, to what extent our awareness of time is culturally conditioned, how societies deal with temporal problems and whether time can be considered a `resource' to be economized. More specifically, he provides a consistent and detailed analysis of theories put forward by a number of thinkers such as Durkheim, Evans-Pritchard, Leacute;vi-Strauss, Geertz, Piaget, Husserl and Bourdieu. His discussion encompasses four main approaches in time…

Book details

Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 7/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




Differences in the Cognition of Time attributed to Society and Culture



Time-Reversal in Umeda ritual


Cultural Relationism


Transcendental Temporal-Cultural Relativism


Bali: the `Motionless' Present


Anti-Durkheimian Anti-Relativism


Contrasted Regimes


Psychological Evidence for the Universality of Time Cognition


Piagetian Developmental Psychology


Critique of the Piagetian Approach to Time-Cognition


Linguistic Arguments for the Cognitive Universality of Time


The Development of Time-Talk



Time-maps and Cognition - Time in Philosophy: the A-series vs. the B-series


The B-series


The A-series


B-theory economics versus A-theory Economics


Chrono-geography


The Economics of Temporal Opportunity Costs


Opportunity Costs and the Fatefulness of Human Existence


Husserl's Model of Internal Time-Consciousness


The Temporal-Perceptual Cycle


The Modalization and Counterfactuality of Time-Maps



Time and Practice - The Natural Attitude and the Theory of Practice


The Theory of Practice and the Timing of Exchanges


A-series: B-series - gemeinschaft : gesellschaft - Them : Us


Calendars and Consensual co-ordination


Calendars and Power