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Barbara Adam

    3 mai 1945
    Die Nonstop-Gesellschaft und ihr Preis
    Self-Improvement - Money Saving, Success, Romance and Health Tips
    Timewatch
    Time
    Time and Social Theory
    Timescapes of Modernity
    • Timescapes of Modernity

      The Environment and Invisible Hazards

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,0(2)Évaluer

      Focusing on the interplay between time and environmental issues, the book examines significant crises like BSE, Sea Empress oil pollution, and Chernobyl radiation to illustrate how these hazards are linked to industrial success. It critiques global markets, rapid communication, and the demands of a 24-hour society as underlying threats. By introducing a 'timescape' perspective, the author challenges traditional views on environmental change, encouraging a reevaluation of these problems and suggesting innovative strategies for addressing them.

      Timescapes of Modernity
    • Time and Social Theory

      • 200pages
      • 7 heures de lecture
      3,8(10)Évaluer

      Focusing on the role of time-related concerns in social theory, this book argues that time should be a key part of social theory. Through an analysis of time, the author aims to show that contemporary social theory is embedded in Newtonian science and classical dualistic philosophy.

      Time and Social Theory
    • Time

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture
      3,8(17)Évaluer

      What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives?In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed computer networks and globalized social relations.The book poses key questions about the nature of time, how it is conceptualized, what it means in practice and how the parameters set by nature have been transcended across the ages by the human quest for time know-how and control. It provides the reader with a good basis for understanding the role of time in contemporary social life.This book assumes no previous knowledge. Through its broad perspective and transdisciplinary approach it provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction for students and teachers across the social sciences.

      Time
    • In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to reconstruct both common-sense and social science understanding.

      Timewatch
    • Self-Improvement - Money Saving, Success, Romance and Health Tips

      The Complete Motivational Book

      • 116pages
      • 5 heures de lecture

      This book offers a powerful blend of inspiration and motivation aimed at helping readers elevate their happiness and achieve greater success. Through insightful guidance and practical strategies, it encourages personal growth and the pursuit of one's goals, making it a valuable resource for anyone seeking to enhance their life and mindset.

      Self-Improvement - Money Saving, Success, Romance and Health Tips
    • Die in Alltag und Wissenschaft bisher dominierende Aussage über Zeit lautet: Zeit ist meßbar. Barbara Adam zeigt jedoch, daß damit ein unzutreffendes, weil einengendes Bild vom Umgang der Menschen mit Zeit vorherrscht. Ihre umfangreichen empirischen Studien belegen: Die einzelnen gehen höchst erfinderisch und (teilweise) spielerischer mit dem Zeithaushalt um, als bisher angenommen wurde. §In zahlreichen ausführlichen Gesprächen mit Personen aus allen Gesellschaftsschichten und Altersgruppen hat sich gezeigt, daß die disziplinierende Dimension von Zeit - Termindruck, Routinetätigkeiten, kalendarische Unterteilungen, Zeitmangel und Alterung - von den einzelnen durch Gegenstrategien kompensiert wird. Barbara Adam beschreibt, welche Mittel und Wege die einzelnen finden und erfinden, um Zeit für soziale Interaktionen, Zeit für den Körper (für Krankheit wie Heilung), die Umwelt, Zeit für das Lernen, aber auch für Muße und Luxus zu gewinnen. Damit besitzt, so die These der Autorin, der Umgang des einzelnen mit der Zeit die typische Doppeldeutigkeit aller Dimensionen der Gesellschaft der Individuen: Jeder kann gegen den Zwang der Zeit auf eigene Weise vorgehen, er ist zugleich aber gezwungen, einen eigenen Zeithaushalt zu schaffen.

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