Time : : A Vocabulary of the Present / / ed. by Joel Burges, Amy Elias.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Anable, Aubrey,; Anderson, Ben,; Burges, Joel,; Canales, Jimena,; Currie, Mark,; Elias, Amy J.,; Freeman, Elizabeth,; Gardner, Jared,; Haidu, Rachel,; Hauerwas, Stanley,; Heise, Ursula K.,; Houser, Heather,; James, David,; Matz, Jesse,; McGurl, Mark,; Miller, Paul D.,; Montfort, Nick,; Phelan, James,; Reed, Anthony,; Stephens, Michelle,; Stephens, Sandra,
• HerausgeberIn: Burges, Joel,; Elias, Amy,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 28 black and white illustrations

The critical condition and historical motivation behind Time Studies The concept of time in the post-millennial age is undergoing a radical rethinking within the humanities. Time: A Vocabulary of the Present newly theorizes our experiences of time in relation to developments in post-1945 cultural th...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. Time Studies Today
• Part I. Time as History: Periodizing Time
• 1. Past / Future
• 2. Extinction / Adaptation
• 3. Modern / Altermodern
• 4. Obsolescence / Innovation
• 5. Anticipation / Unexpected
• Part II. Time as Calculation: Measuring Time
• 6. Clock / Lived
• 7. Synchronic / Anachronic
• 8. Human / Planetary
• 9. Serial / Simultaneous
• 10. Emergency / Everyday
• 11. Labor / Leisure
• 12. Real / Quality
• Part III. Time as Culture: Mediating Time
• 13. Aesthetic / Prosthetic
• 14. Analepsis / Prolepsis
• 15. Embodied / Disembodied
• 16. Theological / Worldly
• 17. Authentic / Artificial
• 18. Batch / Interactive
• 19. Transmission / Influence
• 20. Silence / Beat
• Time Studies
• About the Contributors
• Index