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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Eva Hoffman takes a look at the concept of time from 4 perspectives: Time and the Body, Time and the Mind, Time and Culture and Time in Our Time. She examines time from biological, philosophical and sociological perspectives. The biological section discusses aging and our perspectives on death. Time and the mind looks at consciousness and the psyche. She has a brief discussion on how widely varied different cultures see time, and finally discusses time in terms of our current information-laden culture. Given the complexity of the language in this book and its underlying philosophical/scientific nature, I am surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Perhaps this was the right book for the right time in my life - in any case, I found myself nodding in agreement with each chapter, and I learned quite a bit, too. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Time has always been the great Given, a fact of existence which cannot be denied or wished away; but the character of lived time is changing dramatically. Medical advances extend our longevity, while digital devices compress time into ever briefer units. We can now exist in several time-zones simultaneously, but we suffer from endemic shortages of time. We are working longer hours and blurring the distinctions between labour and leisure. For many, in an inversion of the old adage, time has become more valuable than money.In this look at life's most ineffable element, spanning fields from biology and culture to psychoanalysis and neuroscience, Eva Hoffman asks: are we coming to the end of time as we know it? Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Hoffman manages to steer clear of the marriage of space and time and instead tries to get a more clear, personal look at time. All animals, human included have an understanding of biological time. Cicadas, swallows, and even bacteria have internal clocks, guiding their lives into certain patterns. Sunrise and sunset govern a lot of biological processes. From the broadly scientific, Hoffman then progresses to the individual’s perception of time and then the culture’s use of time. Some cultures don’t view time as a single linear thread from one event to the next, but rather as several overlapping cycles that help to describe the moment or the season. Lastly, she investigates how modern history has changed how we interact with time
All throughout this book, there were moments when I had to go over her arguments, but overall, it was quite an intriguing read. We hardly think about time as a construct in both our lives and our society. Hoffman’s writing flows well, which is good for a book on such a heady topic. Those who enjoy a healthy amount of reflection will be right at home here. A delightful read. ( )