The Rhythms of Society
1st Edition
Published on 6. January 2025
Book
Hardback
242 pages
978-1-032-95642-8 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1988, The Rhythms of Society reflects the time-obsessed age we lived in when it was written. The contributors, drawn from a range of disciplines, develop a common sociological approach to examine time in a range of cultures, sub-cultures and historical periods. With time even more of an issue now, this can be read today with an eye to the future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Adult education, General, and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-95642-8 (9781032956428)
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Michael Young | Tom Schuller
The Rhythms of Society
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The Rhythms of Society
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Michael Young | Tom Schuller
The Rhythms of Society
E-Book
01/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
€41.99
Available for download
Persons
Michael (Dunlop) Young (1915-2002) was a sociologist, social activist and politician, who was known for his Bethnal Green Studies. He was founder of the Institute of Community Studies, now a division of the Young Foundation. He was given a life peerage in 1978 and sat in the House of Lords as Baron Young of Dartington.
Tom Schuller was Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education at the University of Warwick at the time of publication. He had worked at OECD in Paris, the University of Glasgow and the Institute of Community Studies in London.
Tom Schuller was Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education at the University of Warwick at the time of publication. He had worked at OECD in Paris, the University of Glasgow and the Institute of Community Studies in London.
Content
Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Towards Chronosociology Michael Young and Tom Schuller 2. Social Structural Time: An Attempt at Classifying Types of Social Change by their Characteristic Paces Peter Laslett 3. The Intellectual History of Long Waves Peter Hall 4. Vivos Voco. Ringing the Changes in the Historical Geography of Time Consciousness Nigel Thrift 5. Time and Work Organisation: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Ken Starkey 6. 'Your Time, Or Mine?' An Anthropological View of the Tragic Temporal Contradictions of Biomedical Practice Ronald Frankenberg 7. Time: A Social Psychological Perspective Marie Jahoda 8. Time, Habit and the Fraternal Impulse Johnston Birchall 9. Social Versus Natural Time, A Traditional Distinction Re-examined Barbara Adam. Index.