ABSTRACT

Timespace undermines the old certainties of time and space by arguing that these dimensions do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. The issue of space has perhaps been over-emphasised and it is essential that processes of everyday existence, such as globalisation and environmental issues and also notions such as gender, race and ethnicity, are looked at with a balanced time-space analysis.
The social and cultural consequences of this move are traced through a series of studies which deploy different perspectives - structural, phenomenological and even Buddhist - in order to make things meet up. The contributors provide an overview of the history of time and introduce the concepts of time and space together, across a range of disciplines. The themes discussed are of importance for cultural geography, sociology, anthropology, cultural and media studies, and psychology.

chapter 1|46 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

Part I MAKING-LIVING TIMESPACE

chapter 2|24 pages

Moderns as ancients: time, space and the discourse of improvement KEVIN HETHERING TO N

Time, space and the discourse of improvement

chapter 3|16 pages

A politics of stolen time JOHN F ROW

chapter 4|17 pages

From time immemorial: narratives of nationhood and the making of national space N UA L A C . JOHNSON

Narratives of nationhood and the making of national space

chapter 6|13 pages

‘Winning territory’: changing place to change pace JENNY S H AW

Changing place to change pace

chapter 7|16 pages

RESPONSIBILITY AND DAILY LIFE

Reflections over timespace

part |2 pages

Part II LIVING-THINKING TIMESPACE

chapter 9|16 pages

ANXIOUS PROXIMITIES

The space-time of concepts

chapter 10|21 pages

RHYTHMS OF THE CITY

Temporalised space and motion

chapter 11|18 pages

TIME-GEOGRAPHY MATTERS

Preamble

chapter 13|22 pages

HALF-OPENED BEING

Doors

chapter 14|19 pages

SAVING TIME

A Buddhist perspective on the end